Cypsellus apus, Lin.
99. :- Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 177 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 105.
THE EUROPEAN SWIFT.
Length, 7; extent, 15.5; wing, 6.25 ; tail, 2.62.
The whole plumage, except the chin and throat, which are white, glossy brown-black; the tail is rather more forked than in the last; and the wings extend two inches beyond the tail. The European Swift only occurs as a cold weather visitantto some parts of Sind. It has not been recorded from any other portion of the district.
BookTitle:
Handbook to the Birds of the Bombay Presidency
Reference:
Barnes, Henry Edwin. Handbook to the birds of the Bombay Presidency, 1885.
Title in Book:
Cypsellus apus
Year:
1885
Page No:
85
Common name:
European Swift
M_ID:
7724
M_CN:
Common Swift
M_SN:
Apus apus
Term name:
id:
11297
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