194 piparIvt:. 



Genus MEROPS*. 

 Linuicus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 182 (1766). 



Merops persicus. 



Merops 2^ersici{s, Ptillas, Eeise E.uss. lleichs, ii. Aiih. p. 708 (1773) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 66 (1891). 



The Blue-cheeked Bee-eater. 



Hah. Africa, Ihrough Asia Minor and Persia to India. 



826. Skeleton, from Cairo (April 1874). A. 1483 b. 



Presented by Prof. Flower, F.R.S. 



827. ISternum (with coraeoids). Cairo. S. S. 2598. 



Presented hy Prof. Flower, F.R.S. 



Merops philippinus. 



Merops philippmus. Linua?us, Sjst. Nat. 13th edit. (Yindob.) i. 

 p. 183 (1807) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 71 (1891). 



The Blue-tailed Bee-eater. 



Ilah. Indian Peninsula and Indo-Malayan region. 



828. Sternum of male, with shoulder-girdle. S. S. 1901. 



Presented hij lh\ J. Anderson, F.R.S. 



Merops ornatus. 



Merops ornaivs, Latham, Ind. Orn., Suppl. p. xxxv (ISOl) ; 8harpe, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 74 (1891). 



The Australian Bee-eater. 



Jldh. Australia and the Moluccas. 



829. Skeleton, i'rom Western Australia. A. 1483 A. 



Gould Collection. 



830. Sternum, with shoulder-girdle. From New Britain. S. S. 

 2562. Presented hy P. L. Sclater, Esq., F.R.S. 



* Cf. Eyton, 0.>teol. Av. pi. 12. fig. 7 (palatine bones of Merops bi- 

 color) ; Meyer, Abbild. Voo-el-Skelet. i. Taf. v. (Meropor/on forstnii), 

 Taf. Ixxxiv. (3/. roiffo/ejisis). 



