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Comparative measurements are given below : ^ 



Measurements of specimens of Merops supercUiosus philippirms. 

 [Collector, Dr. E. A. Mearns.] 



Measurements of specimens of Merops supercUiosus javanicus. 



[Collector, Dr. W. L. .A.bbott.) 



Family CORACIIDAE. 



EURYSTOMUS ORIENTALIS ORIENT ALIS (Linnaeus). 



Coracias orientalis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 159 (East 

 Indies ; type locality designated by Stresemann [Novit. Zool., vol. 20, 

 1913, p. 298] as Java). 



One specimen, an adult female, No. 179710, IT. S. N. M. ; from 

 Sibabo Bay, October 24, 1902. Total length in flesh, 288 mm. " Iri i 

 dark brown; bill red, tip black; feet red, toes blackish." 



From another Simalur Island example and from others taken in 

 Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Celebes this individual differs very no- 

 ticeably in having the pileum more decidedly greenish (less brown- 

 ish) ; the sides of head and neck more bluish (not so greenish or 

 brownish) ; the remaining portions of upper surface, including the 

 wings, decidedly more bluish on the green areas; abdomen, sides, 

 flanks, and crissum darker, more bluish (less greenish) ; jugulum. 

 breast, sides of throat, and all the under wing-coverts decidedly more 

 bluish. 



* Ten specimens from India range In wing measurement from 129 to 137 mm., average, 

 133.3 mm. 



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