TAA i.1.256.uu.2

256 UU. (2)

actually round the arm, but in all probability, like 256. WWW. merely 

placed there within the wrappings.

This [ 𓂀 ]-bird, of the Book of Dead, is of the family of Cypselidae

(swifts) and often confused in religious texts with the [ 𓂀 ] WR-bird 

of the genera Hirundininae^sic {Hirundinidae} (swallows and martins); but it could 

never be of the Columbidae (doves and pigeons) as I have seen 

mention.

It is either: Cypsellus Cypsellus pallidus, (Shelley). Egyptian swift 

(or ? Cypselus^sic parvus, (Licht). little grey swift, of the South).

While the WR-bird is one of the Hirundinidae - ? Coltyle Cotyle obsoleta,

(Cab). Pale crag-swallow.

The peculiar feature of the Egyptian swift (Cypselus pallidus)

is that it makes its abode in large colonies in the cliffs far back in the 

hills that border the desert; from whence it comes leaves for the Nile 

Valley at early morn and returns late in the evening. For the reason