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CATALOGUE. 
thatched roofs and against the beams of flat roofs. It lays two 
white eggs, and breeds repeatedly." — (Journ. A. S. Beng. V. 
p. 780.) 
Mr. Elyth remarks : " The nest of this species is generally so 
placed as to be concealed, or, at least, rendered inconspicuous by 
a rafter or other object in front ; and its capacity would indicate that 
it is intended as much for a habitation for a number of the birds as for 
the ordinary purposes of incubation ; but it would appear that there 
is no convenience in them for more than one pair of birds to in- 
cubate."— (Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. Suppl. p. 10.) 
Captain Tickell describes the nest of this bird as being " large, 
flat, irregular, of fine straw, hay, and feathers, closely interwoven, 
and kept together with a glutinous substance supplied from the 
bird's salivary glands, generally glued against some beam in a 
veranda or outhouse, in some remote corner. Eggs three, shape 
lengthened, spotless, white. Male, x female, f f x y^. July." 
—(Journ. A. S. Beng. XVII. p. 303.) 
125. CYPSELUS BATASSIJENSIS,^ J. E. Gray. 
Cypselus batassiensis, J. E. Gray, Griff., An. Kingd. II. 
p. 60. G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. p. 54 ; Cat. 
B. Brit. Mus. II. p. 19. Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. 
S. Beng. p. 86. 
Cypselus Palmarum, J. E. Gray Sf Hardw., III. Ind. 
Zool. I. t. 35, /. 1. Jerd., Madr. Journ. L. S. XI. 
p. 236. Blyth, An. N. H. XII. p. 95. TicJcell, 
Journ. A. S. Beng. XVII. p. 302. Bonap., C. G. 
Av. p. 65. 
Atticora Palmarum, Boie, Isis (1844), p. 172. 
Hirundo (Apus) batassia, E. (B.) Hamilton, MS. I. 
p. 82. 
The Batassian Swift, Lath., Hist. VII. p. 329. 
PuTTA-DEULi, Hind., Br. F. (B.) Hamilton. 
Batassia, Beng., Id. 
Ababil, of the Mussidmans, Id. 
Tal-chutta, Tickell. 
* Balassieiisis, Auct. corrigend. 
