MICROPODID.T. 
Genus COLLOCALIA' Gray. 
Collocalia francica (GmeL). Grey-ramped Swiftlet. 
[Collocalia francica francica {Gmel.). 
Hirundo francica Gmelin, Syst, Nat. i, pt. 2, 1789, p, 1017 : 
Mauritius. 
Distr. — E xtra-1 im i tal . ] 
ColUcalia francica germani Oust. J 
Collocalia germani Oustalet, Bull. Soc. Phil. Paris, 1876, p. 1 : 
Condor Island, off Cochin chin a. 
Distr.— Malay Peninsula. 
Coasts of Sarawak and North Borneo. 3 
Collocalia francica amechana Oherli.-i 
Collocalia francica amechana Oberbolser, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 
Ixii, 1912, p. 13: Jimaja Island, Anamba Islands. 
Dtsfr. — South Malay Peninsula; Anamba Islands. 
Collocalia francica perplexa Riley. 
Collocalia francica perplexa Riley, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash, xl, 1927, 
p. 140 : Maratua Island, East Borneo, 
Distr. — Maratua Islands, East Borneo. 
•Collocalia francica javen$is Strcs. 
Collocalia francica javensis Stresemann, Bull. Raffles, Mus., 6, 1931, 
p. 89 : Cheribon, Java. 
Distr. — Java; Kangean Islands. 
•Collocalia francica bartelsi Stres. 
Cedfcjcaffa. francica bartelsi Stresemann, Orn. Monatsber. xxxv, 
1927, p. 46 : North coast of West Java. 
Distr. — Java. 5 
1 Revision : Strese., Bull. Raffles Mus. 6, 1931, p. S3. 
* In North Borneo C. francica germani nests on Mantanani Island and 
on Berhala islet in Sandakan Harbour. Only a few miles away and within 
sight of Berhala, there are nesting colonies of C. vestita maratua on Goman - 
tong Hill. From the Maratua Islands, E. Borneo, Riley records both C. f. 
perplexa and C. v. maratua, and we therefore regard francica and vestita 
as “species", but otherwise, in our arrangement of this very difficult genus 
follow the latest reviewer. Dr. E. Stresemann in Bull. Raffles Mus., 6, 
1031 . P. S3. 
i We have now examined large series of birds from these Bornean 
localities : they seem absolutely inseparable from true germani . 
4 This is the earliest name of which we are certain but inexpeetata may 
be applicable to both this and perplexa. The rump is always at least slightly 
paler than the back but darker than in germani . 
5 "Breeding places probably off the North Coast of West Java,” 
{Stresemann). 
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