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Birds of Celebes: Cypselidae. 
c. Cypselus vittatus (I) Jard. & Selb., HI. Orn. 1843, IV, pi. 49; (2) Swinh., Ibis 1860, 
48, 429; 1861, 254, 328; (3) id., ib. 1863, 253; (4) id., P. Z. S. 1863, 263; (5) Blytb, 
Ibis 1863, 263. 
Cypselus pacificus (Ij Blytb, J. A. S. B. 1843, XIV, 212, 548; (2) ScL, P. Z. 8. 1865, 599; 
(3) Gld., HL. B. Austr. 1865, I, 105; (4) Swinh., Ibis 1870, 89; (5) Blytb, ib. 
161; (6) Jerd., ib. 1871, 355; (7) Tacz., J. f. O. 1872, 351; (8) Swinb., Ibis 1874, 
435; (9) Salvad. , Ucc. Borneo 1874, 119; (lOj Hume, Str. P. 1875, 14, 43; (11) 
Swinh., Ibis 1876, 331; (12) Hume & Daris., Str. P. 1878, VI, 48; (13) SaHad., 
Orn. Pap. 1880, I, 534; (14) Hume, Str. P. 1880, IX, 246; 1882, X, 185; (15) 
Oates, B. Brit. Burmab 1883, H, 1; (W) Ramsay, Tab. List 1888, 3; (17) Seeb., 
B. Japan 1890, 177; (18) Tacz., Paun. Orn. Sib. Orient. 1891, I, 168; (W) Pleske, 
Mel. Biol. Ac. Petersb. 1892, XH, pt. 2, 294; (20) Oust., Nouv. Arcb. Mus. 1893, 
138; (21) id., ib. 1894, 112; (22) Styan, Ibis 1894, 334; (23) Blanf., Paun. Br. 
Ind. B. 1895, HI, 167. 
d. Micropus pacificus (1) Stejn., Bull. U. S. Xat. Mus. Nr. 29, 1885, p. 321; (2) Harter t, 
Kat. V. Mus. Senckenb. 1891, 119; (3) id., Cat. B. XVI, 1892, 448. 
e. Apus pacificus (1) Hartert, Tierreicb 1897, I, 86. 
For further synonymy and references cf. Salvad., 13\ Hartert d 3. 
Figures and descriptions. Gould h IJ:, Jardine & Selby c J; Higgles bill-, Hume lO: 
Salvador! 13\ Oates 75; Hartert d 3; Taczanowski 18; Blanford 23. 
Adult. Seal-brown, tail darker; across tbe uropygium and flanks a broad wliite band with 
dark shaft streaks, the feathers of tbe upper surface narrowly fringed with white; 
chin and throat white with dark shafts streaks; remaining under parts brown, 
paler than the upper surface, each feather broadly fringed with white (Ussuri, Q, 
25. V. 1884 — 0 10426). Irides broAvn; eyelids pinkish grey; bill black; inside of 
mouth fleshy; feet pinkish; claws dark horny (Oates 10). 
Measurements. 
j 
Wing 
Tail 
Tarsus 
Bill 
from gape 
a. (C 10426) Q ad. Ussuri, Manchuria . . . 
. . .190 
S3 
11 
18 
b. (C 10509) ad. Cape York, Australia. 
. . . 181 
76 
— 
19 c. 
c. (Nr. 2572) juv.? Siao, Sangi 
... 167 
72 
— 
19 c, 
Eggs. China: 2 in number; pinkish white until blown, then becoming unpolished white. 
Average 20.5 X 17.8mm (Swinh. 8). 20 X 16 mm (Nehrk. MS.). See, also, Tacz. 18. 
Nest. In holes and crannies of the rocks: a shalloAv saucer, nearly 4 inches in greatest 
breadth, of refuse -straw and a few bits of catkins and feathers, all strongly aggluti- 
nated with a gelatinous matter, doubtless the bird’s saliva. Another nest, perhaps 
the accumulation of six years, consisted of six nests one placed above another and 
strongly glued to it (Swinh. S). 
Breeding season. China, breeding in numbers, June 22"'’. 
Distribution. Southern Siberia from the Yenesei to Japan (SeebohmiZ); Tibet (Bonv. & Pr. 
d’Orl. 20); N. W. India from Upper Assam, Cachar and the Khasia Hills (Jerdon 
6, 15) east to China (SAvinh. c 2) and Pomosa (Swinh. c 3), south to Burmah (Oates 
75); Tenasserim (Davison 12); Malay Peninsula (Blytb etc. 0); Sangi Islands — Siao 
(Meyer in Drosd. Mus.); Ncav Guinea (Salvad. 13); as far as Victoria and South 
Australia (Ramsay 16). 
having been previously used by Linnaeus for a plant-genus (Syst. Nat. 1766, II, 580). Zoologists are dmded 
in opinion as to the admissibility of such names into zoology, and, until a general agreement as to nomen- 
clatm-e has been aivived at, we prefer not to allow Micropus to replace the familiar name Cypselus. 
