. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum. 82 ctpselidJ?. Cypselus affinis, Gray 6,- Ilardu^ Cjpselus affinis, Benran, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 375 ; Dre.^ser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 591 (1874); Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 319 (1878); Oates ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eqqs Ind^Birds, iii. p. 21 (1890); Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 168 (1892); Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p 96 (1900). Micropus affinis, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 453 (1892). The eggs of the Common Indian Swift measure from '78 to -Ol't in length, and from -51 to -61 in breadth. 5. India. Crowlej' Bequest. 41. Simla, Hiua
. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum. 82 ctpselidJ?. Cypselus affinis, Gray 6,- Ilardu^ Cjpselus affinis, Benran, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 375 ; Dre.^ser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 591 (1874); Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 319 (1878); Oates ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eqqs Ind^Birds, iii. p. 21 (1890); Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 168 (1892); Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p 96 (1900). Micropus affinis, Hartert, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 453 (1892). The eggs of the Common Indian Swift measure from '78 to -Ol't in length, and from -51 to -61 in breadth. 5. India. Crowlej' Bequest. 41. Simla, Hiuaalayas, 20th Aug. {A. Hume Coll. Hume). 2. Dhuruinsala, Kashmir, 17th April. Hume Coll. 1. Kootub. near Delhi. Hume Coll. 2. Delhi, 14th April (C. T. Bingham). Hume Coll. 1. Jodhpur, 3rd April. Hume Coll. 5. Etawah, 18th Feb. ( W. E. Brooks). Hume Coll. 3. Etawah, 27th May. Hume Cull. 1. Etawah, 23rd June. Hume Coll. 2. Etawah, 27th June ( W. E. Brooks: Crowley Bequest. Tristram Coll.). 2. Saugor, C. Trovs., 16th July. Hume Coll. 2. Barrackpur, Bengal {R. C. Bea- Salvin-Godman Coll. van). 4. Ceylon, 13th June (^.«^&'-)- Crowley Bequest. Cypselus subfurcatus, Micropii Nov. Zool. i. p. 674 (1894) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersaminl. (1899). Four eggs of the Whitc-rumpcd Black Swift in the Collection measure respectivelj^: -9 by -58; -85 bj- -50; -91 by-57 ; -85 by-6. 3. Amoy, China {R. Swinhoe). Seebohni Coll. 1. Amoy {Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. Sub-Order TROCHILI. Family The eggs of the Humming-birds are typically of an elongated cylindrical shape^ with the two ends quite similar, but some ex- amples are of an elongated oval form. They are plain white and eutirelj' devoid of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoolo
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