II. SUB-FAMILY CYPSELINÆ. THE SWIFTS.

Bill less flattened than in the preceding sub-family, very wide at base,

short, curved; wings very long, somewhat falcate, flattened; tail short;

legs and toes short, strong; claws strong; general form adapted to very

swift and vigorous flight, and the capture of insects on the wing.

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