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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxvi. 



Family MEROPID^. 



MELITTOPHAGUS URICA (Swainson). 



Merops urica Swainson (from Horsfield, MS.), Zool. Illustr., I, No. 2, November, 

 1820, pi. VIII (Ceylon). 

 This is Melittophagus sivinhoii of authors, but Swainsoivs name has 

 clear priority and should be used. 



Dr. Abbott saw a single individual at Sibaboh Bay, Simalur, which 

 he identified as "i/. swinhoii,'" but no specimens were obtained. 



MEROPS PHILIPPINUS Linnaeus. 



\_Merops] philippinus LiNNiEus, Syst. Nat., 12th ed., Pt. 1, 1766, p. 188 [errata] 

 (Philippines). 

 Specimens are in the collection from Simalur and Tapanuli Bay. 

 It is reported as "common about the clearings" at the first- named 

 locality and also on Tuangku. 



FAMILY ALCEDINIDiE. 



PELARGOPSIS JAVANA FRASERI (Sharpe). 



PelargopsiK fraseri Shakpe, Proc. ZooL.Soc. Lond., 1870, p. 65 (Java; Malacca; 

 Penang). 



An adult female from Pulo Mansalar measures, length, 368; wing, 

 147; three adults from Tapanuli Bay give the following measurements: 

 Female, length 3S1, wing 160; male, length 368, wing 144; male, 

 length 356, wing 146 mm. These examples have slightly darker caps 

 and somewhat deeper blue upper parts than specimens from Singa- 

 pore, Lingga, and eastern Sumatra. 



PELARGOPSIS SIMALURENSIS, new species. 



%.?^^— Adult male, No. 179205, U.S.N.M.; Simalur Island, west 

 coast of Sumatra, November 29, 1901; Dr. W. L. Abbott. Crown, 

 nape, lores, ear-coverts, and infraorbital region Isabella color, with a 

 bufi' line above the lores, eyes, and ear-coverts, and a wash of bull' 

 under the eyes; mantle and wing-coverts dark brownish green (near 

 bottle green), each feather edged with greenish blue (near verditen 

 l)lue); wings dusky black at the tips, sea green externally, except on 

 apical part of outer primaries (first primary without any green and 

 second with basal part only green); tail sea green, the inner webs of 

 all but the middle pair of feathers dull black; shaft, and a narrow 

 line bordering the shaft of each feather, dull black. Back, rump, and 

 median upper tail-coverts pale turquoise or silvery blue; lateral upper 

 tail-coverts and longest median ones, like the mantle; under parts, 

 including under wing-coverts, axillaries, sides of neck, a narrow lineij 

 across nape, and malar region, ochraceous, paling to deep buff on 

 throat; under surface of wings (basal portion), buff. 



