MEUOPID.i;. 



The eggs of the Blue-tailed Bee-eater measure from '82 to -97 in 

 leugth, aud from •67 to "So iu breadth. 



13. Lahore, Punjab, 10th June 



( C. H. T. Marshall). 

 1. Hansi, Punjab, 14th June 



( W. BleivUt). 

 1. Hansi, 18th June (ir. 5). 

 9. Dellii. 2nd June ( C. T. Binr;ham'). 



1 . Baraich, Oudh, 21st April^ii. M. 



Adam). 

 4. Baraich, 28th April (R. M. A.). 



4. Hosiliuiigabad, C. Provs., 28th 



April (E. C. Nunn). 



5. Hoshungabad, 1 st Mhv {E. C. N. ). 



2. Hoshungabad, 3rd May (E. C. N.). 



1. Hoshungabad. 7th Mav ( E. C. X.). 

 2;l Raipur.C. Provs. (/■'. R. Blewitt). 



2. Akjab, IBurnia, 22nd April {E. 



R. Shopland). 

 1. Pesfu, loth April [E. W. Gates). 

 ?,. Pegu, loth April (E. W. 0.). 



3. Pegu, 17th April {E. W. ().). 

 11. Sittang River, Burma, 25th April 



(E. W. O.). 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume C.ill. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Huuie Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Oates Coll. 

 Gates Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Merops ornatus, Lath. 



Merops ornatus, Gould, Handb. Birds Aiistr. i. p. 117 (1865) ; Dresser, 

 Mo7i. Merop. p. 51 (1884) ; North, Nests ^ Ejffs Aiistr. Birds, p. 34 

 (1889); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 74 (1892); Le Souef, 

 Vict. Nat. xvi. p. 70 (1899) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 159 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 74 (1900); Campbell, Nests Sf Eygs Austr. 

 Birds, ii. p. 645 (1901). 



The eggs of the Australian Bee-eater measure from vS to "S" in 

 length, and from '71 to '76 in breadth. 



1. Adelaide. S. Australia (i?. P. Ram- Crowley Bequest. 



sai) : Tristram Coll.). 

 5. Soutii Australia. Gould Coll. 



4. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



0. New South Wales, 3'.1th Oct. Crowlev Bequest. 



(A.J. North). 

 3. Cardington, Bell Piver, N. S. W. Crowley Bequest. 



[E. P. Ramsay: T'-istraiii Coll.). 



Merops viridis, Linn. 



Merops viridis, Beavan, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 375 ; Leyye, Birds Ceylon, p. 309 

 (1878); Dresser, Birds Em: v. p. 171 (1876); id. Mon. Merop. 

 p. 31 (1834) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eyys Lid. Birds, iii. p. 60 

 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 78 (1892) ; Biaiif. Ec.una 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 110 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 74 (1900). 



The eggs of the Little Green Bee-eater measure from -68 to '82 

 in length, ;ind from -i'A to -T-^ in breadth. 



