82 



MBROPID.E. 



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$ ad. sk. 

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sk. 

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 p^. Juv. sk. 

 9^. Juv. sk. 

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s^, i^. Ad.etjuv.sk. 

 M*, z'''. Ad. sk. 

 w . $ ad. sk. 

 .r*, y^. Ad. sk. 

 z^, a\ Ad. sk. 

 6'. c? ad. sk. 

 c', d\ cJ ad. ; e', 



5 ad. sk. 

 y. d ad. sk. 

 ^'. 5 ad. sk. 



h', i\ Ad. sk. 



k'. 2 ad. ; T. $ 



var. sk. 

 »M^, w'. J ad. ; o'. 



5 ad. sk. 

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r', s'. Ad. sk. 



t\ Ad. sk. 



m", v^, 7V^. cJ ad. ; 



x^,y^. $ ad. sk. 

 a', a«, ¥. d" ad. ; c'', 



(P. $ ad. sk. 

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h\ i\ c? ? ad. sk. 



F. d' ad. sk. 



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ad. sk. 

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Ahmednuggur, Sept. to Jan. 

 {S. B. Fairbimk). 



Khandala, May {S. B. Fair- 

 bank). 



Deccan (Sykes). 



Madras. 



Mysore {R. G. W. R.). 



Seegore, Nilghiris, April 

 ( W. Davison). 



Malabar. 



Aiijango, Travancore, June. 



Trevandrum, J une. 



Ceylon. 



Ceylon, March, June. 



Putlam, Ceylon, July. 



Elephant Point, Bunna, 

 Uec. {J. Armstrong). 



Syriani,Jan. (J. Armstrong). 



Akyab, March {J. Arm- 

 strong). 



Pegu, March, Dec. (E. W. 

 O.). 



Lower Pegu, July, Oct. 



Rangoon, June, Nov. {R. G. 



W. R.). 

 Mandalay and Shienpagah, 



Sept. Jan. 

 Karen Hills, Nov. (i?. G. 



W. R.). 

 Tonghoo, Oct. {E. W. Oates). 

 Pahpoon, Dec, Jan. ( W. 



Davison). 

 Kaukaryit, Nov. (J. Dai-ling). 



Thatone, Nov., Dec. {W. 

 Davison). 



Amherst, Jan., March. 



Dargwin, Jan. ( W. Davison). 



Moulmein, Nov. ( W. Davi- 

 son). 



Moulmein, July {R. C. 

 Beavan). 



Mergui, Nov., Dec. (IF. 

 Davison). 



Cochin China. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



India Museum. 

 Rev.H H.Baber[P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Colonel Legge [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Oates Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Dr. J. Anderson [C.]. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll, 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll, 



Tweeddale Coll, 



Hume Coll, 



M. E, Pierre [P.]. 



11. Merops muscatensis, 



Merops muscatensis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1866, pp. 15, 65 ; Dresser, Monogr. 

 Merop. p. 40 a, pi. 10 (1886). 



At^ult (type of species). Similar to M. viridis, which it approaches 

 in the colour of the upper and under surface, but differs from it in 

 the deep blue of the cheeks and throat, and in the narrow blue 



