THE BIRDS OF THAILAND 75 



Merops orientalis ferrugeiceps Anderson 



AI[erops]. ferrugeiceps Anderson, Anatomical and zoological 



researches, 1879, p. 582 (Upper Burma and Yunnan; type 



locality here restricted to Mandalay, Mandalay District, 



Mandalay Division, Upper Burma) . 



Range: The northern and eastern plateaus, the southeastern 



provinces, the central plains, and the western and peninsular provinces 



south to Prachuap Khiri Khan. 



Merops viridis viridis Linnaeus 



[Merops] viridis Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, torn. 1, 



1758, p. 117 ("m Java, Benghala"; type locality restricted to 



Java, by Hartert, Die Vogel der palaarktischen Fauna, band 2, 



hft. 1, 1912, p. 863, footnote 1). 



Range: Reported from the southwestern portion of the eastern 



plateau (Nakhon Batchasima) , the southeastern provinces (Chon 



Buri), and the peninsular provinces from Prachuap Khiri Khan to the 



extreme South. 



Genus NYCTYORNIS Jardine and Selby 



Nyctyornis amictus (Temminck) 



Merops amictus Temminck, in Temminck and Laugier, Nouveau 

 recueil de planches coloriees d'oiseaux, [livr. 52,] vol. 4, Novem- 

 ber 1824, pi. 310 and text (Sumatra). 

 Range: The western and peninsular provinces from Kanchanaburi 

 to the extreme South. 



Nyctyornis athertoni athertoni (Jardine and Selby) 



Merops athertoni Jardine and Selby, Illustrations of ornithology, 

 ser. 1, vol. 2, pt. 4, November 1828, pi. 58 and text (India; type 

 locality restricted to Cachar District, Assam State, by Stuart 

 Baker, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 28, 1922, p. 314, 

 and corrected to Bangalore, Bangalore District, Mysore State, 

 by Kinnear, Ibis, 1925, p. 751). 

 Range: The northern and eastern plateaus, the southeastern pro- 

 vinces, and the western and peninsular provinces south to Prachuap 

 Khiri Khan. 



Family CORACIIDAE 



Genus CORACIAS Linnaeus 



Coracias benghalensis affinis McClelland 



Coracias affinis McClelland, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 7, No. 



82, March 1840, p. 164 (Assam State, India). 

 Coracias affinis theresiae Parrot, Verb. Orn. Ges. Bayern 1907, 



band 8, Nov. 14, 1908, p. 113 (Thailand). 



