MEROPin.T^. 



Labiian, Borneo, "rd June 



(J. WhiteheaJ). 

 Labuan. 

 Labuan, June. 

 Baram, Sarawak, Feb. & ^Marcli. 



Crbwley Bequest. 



Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 

 A. Everett, Esq. [P.]. 

 Dr. Charles Hose [P.]. 



Merops apiaster, Linn. 



Merops apiaster, Thien. Foiinflanz. ges. Voq. p. 107, tab. xiii. fiff. 4 

 (1845-54); Baedeker, Ei'er Eur. 7%. tab. 11. fig. 13 (18")5-63); 

 Hetoitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 2-")4, pi. Ixiv. fig. ii (18-56) ; 

 Snhmi, Ibis, 1859; p. 303 : Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 67 :' Sharpe, ed. 

 Lagard's Birds S. Africa, p. 96 (1875 84) : Dres.ser, Birds Eur. \. 

 p. 155 (1877) ; id. Man. Merop. p. 75 (1884) ; Seehohm, Brit. Birds, 

 ii. p. 321, pi. 18 (1884); Whitehead, Ibis, 1885. p. 27: Gates ed. 

 Hume, Nests S,- Eqjs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 66 (1890); Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xvii. p. 63 (1892) : Irhi, Orn. Str. Gihr. 2nd ed. t). 131 

 (1895); Seebnhm, Eqgs of Brit. Birds, p. 165, pi. 48. fig. 6 (1896) ; 

 Shariye, Hand-l. ii. p'.'74 (1900). 



The eggs of the Common Bee-eater measure from '95 to ri5 in 

 length, and from -8 to "94 in breadth. 



10. 

 6. 



Spain. 

 Spain. 

 Seville, Spain (II. Saunders: Ilar- 



gitt Coll.). 

 Seville, 15th May (//. •S'.). 

 Malaga, Spain (H. S. : Hargitt 



Coll.). 

 Gibraltar (L. II Irbg). 

 Corsica, 4th June. 

 Kustendji, Dobrudscha, 16th .Tune 



{H. Seebohm ^- J. Young). 

 Dobrudscha. 



Corinth, Gi-eeee, 6th May (//. See- 

 bohm 4' T. Kruper). 

 Nympliia, (iireeee, 7th June 



\R. S. ^- T. K. ). 

 Sarepta, S. Russia. 

 Volga. 



Southern Eurojie. 

 Tangier, Morocco. 

 Algeria (O. Salcin). 

 Zana, Algeria, 14th .Tune (O. S.). 

 Chemora, Algeria, 1st June 



(O.S.). 

 Chemora, 2nd June (if. B. Tn.^- 



tram). 

 Chemora, 2ud June [H. B. T.). 

 Tunis. 



South Africa. 



Kashmir, India, 28lh Mav (C. Ii. 

 Cock). 



Lord Lilford [P.]. 

 .Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 St^ebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. , 



J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Call. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salviu-Godmau Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 L. Eraser, Esq. [C.]. 

 E. L. Lavard, Esq. [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



