48 rPUPID^. MEROPID^. 



2. Pep:u, 7th April (E. W. 0.). Gates Cull. 



1. Pegu, 7th April {E. W. 0. : Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohm Coll.). 

 4. Salang, Malay Peninsula, 24th Feb. Hume Coll. 



(J. Darlmg). 



Upupa marginata, Bp. 



Upupa marginata, Milne- Edtvards Sf Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. 

 i. p. 270 (1879); Corvan, Proc. E. Pliys. Soc. Edinb. vii.'p. 148 

 (1882) ; Suhin, Cat. Birds E. M. xvi." p. 1,3 (1892); Nehrh. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 152 (1899) ; Shaiye, Hand-l. ii. p. 70 (1900). 



The eggs of the Madagascar Hoopoe in the Collection are of a 

 greyish-white colour and slightly glossy. Two specimens are 

 marked with rufous spots, which, however, appear to be only nest- 

 stains. Examples measure from '91 to 1-04 in length, and from 

 •65 to '71 in breadth. 



2. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 



5. Madagascar ( W. Deans Coican : Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



Upupa africana, Bechst. 



Upupa africana, Shar2)e,ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 134, 808 (1875-84) ; 

 Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 14 (1892) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 162 (1899) ; SJuuye, Hand-l. ii. p. 70 (1900). 



An egg of the African Hoopoe measures 1"5 by 'TS inch. 



1. Grahamstown, Dec. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. [P.]. 



Sub-Order MEROPES. 



Family MEROPIDtE. 



The eggs of the Bee-eaters are plain white and of a rounded 

 shape, many being perfectly spherical. The shell is very smooth 

 and extremely glossy. 



Genus DICROCERCUS, Cah. S,- Edne. 



Dicrocercus hirundineus (LicJit.). 



Dicrocercus hirundinaceus, Andej-ss. Birds Eam.-land, p. G3 (1872) • 

 Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 101 (1875-84). 



Dicrocercus hirundineus, Dresser, Mon. Merop. p. 99 (1884); Sharpe 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 43 (1892); id. Hand-l. ii. p. 72 (1900) • 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 159 (1899). ' 



Two eggs of the Swallow-tailed Bee-eater in the Collection 

 measure resj)ectively : '8 by "09 ; -Sli by -7. 



