. A history of British birds . 372 PICARIJi. CYFSELIDiE. CYPSELIDJ^.. Cypselus melba (Linnaeus*).THE ALPINE SWIFT. Cypselus alinnus^. At least eighteen examples of this Swift are now recordedas having been taken within the limits of the British Is-lands ; the first of which was shot at sea eight or ten milesfrom the south coast of Ireland about midsummer 1829, andwas sent by Mr. Sinclaire to Selby, as mentioned by him in1831 (Edinb. Journ. Nat. and Geogr. Sc. iii. p. 170;Trans. N. H. Soc. Northumb. i. p. 291). A second speci-men, since, according to Mr. Jenyns (Br. Vert. p. 160),killed at
. A history of British birds . 372 PICARIJi. CYFSELIDiE. CYPSELIDJ^.. Cypselus melba (Linnaeus*).THE ALPINE SWIFT. Cypselus alinnus^. At least eighteen examples of this Swift are now recordedas having been taken within the limits of the British Is-lands ; the first of which was shot at sea eight or ten milesfrom the south coast of Ireland about midsummer 1829, andwas sent by Mr. Sinclaire to Selby, as mentioned by him in1831 (Edinb. Journ. Nat. and Geogr. Sc. iii. p. 170;Trans. N. H. Soc. Northumb. i. p. 291). A second speci-men, since, according to Mr. Jenyns (Br. Vert. p. 160),killed at Kingsgate in the Isle of Thanet, was seen by in 1832 (P. Z. S. 1832, p. 130), and, subsequentlypassing into the possession of Mr. R. B. Hale, was lent byhim for the use of this work, the figure above inserted beingdrawn from According to Mr. E. P. Thompson (Notebook * Hirundo mdba, Linnfeus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 845 (1766). t Hirundo alpina, Scopoli, Annus I. Historico-Naturalis, p. 166 (1769). + In former editions of this work the bird was said
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