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* No. 255 bis. — Cypselus Icticonyx— Blyth J. A. S. vol. 14. 

 — i procured this Swift in the Deccan, and have also obtain- 

 ed it from Malabar. 



* No. 255 tew— Cypselus montanus—new species. — I must 

 consider this little Swift as distinct from ajinis, though Mr. 

 Blyth (J. A. S.) only looks on it as a young bird— and I hope 

 to obtain more specimens for comparison. It differs chiefly^ 

 in its smaller dimensions, but on comparing it with true 

 affinis, various differences appear in the shade of colour, 

 especially in that of the head and neck. It inhabits cliffs on 

 the Neilgherries. 



L. 4 tv 9 W. 4tV, T. l-rV. 



No. 257 bis. Suppl. Cat. — This is the Chcetura gigantea 

 (Tern.) found also in various parts of the Malay provinces. 

 An allied species the Ch. Macraptera, Swains., vel nudipes, ' 

 Hodgson, is found in the Himalayas. 



No. 259 — Hirundo eryihropygia, Sykes. — This is the H. 

 daurica of Authors. 



No. 261 bis. Suppl. Cat. — H. domicola. — Mr. Blyth informs 

 me that this is identical with H. javanica, — neoxena, Gould, 

 and that it is figured in Gould's Bird of Australia.* 



No. 261 — H. unicolor. — This species since referred by me 

 to the Swifts, and called C. concolor by Blyth (there being 

 already a C. unicolor) has' been quite recently referred by that 

 naturalist to the groub Colocalia, the type of which is the 

 H. esculenta of the Malay provinces. This is very interest- 

 ing, as, if its nests can be discovered on the precipitous cliffs 

 near which it is seen, they will probably be found similar 

 to those of its far-famed congener. 



No. 263 bis. Suppl. Cat. — H.inornata. — This Swallow turns 

 out to be the H. rupestris of the South of Europe. It was 

 also named by Hodgson H. rupicola. 



( To be continued.) 



» Mr. B. has more recently informed me that H. jewan is referred to Javanica, and 



domicola to pacifica, Lath. 



