collected in South China. 599 



96. Melittophagus swinhoii. 



Melittophagus swinhoii (Hume) ; Sharpe^ Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xvii. p. 55 (1892). 



a. (5" ad. Near Mong-sen, South Yunnan, 22 March, 1899. 

 Iris yellow-brown. Total length 9 inches. 



97. Ceryle lugubris. 



Ceryle lugubris (Temm.) ; David & Oustal. Ois. Chine, 

 pi. 78, pi. 10 (1877) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 115 

 (1892). 



a. ^ ad. Yuan-chu, Wu-ho River, West Hunan, 



23 December, 1898. 



b. cJ ad. Yuan-chu, Wu-ho River, West Hunan, 



24 December, 1898. 



Iris dark brown. Total length 16 inches. 



98. Halcyon smyrnensis. 



Entomobia smyrnensis (Linn.); David. & Oustal. Ois. Chine, 

 p. 76 (1877). 



Halcyon smyrnensis (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xvii. p. 222 (1892). 



a. cJ ad. Mong-kou, south of Ma-li-pa (Tawnio), South 

 Yunnan, 2 April, 1899. 



Iris dark brown. Total length 12 inches. 



99. CORACIAS AFFINIS. 



Coracias affinis McClell. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. 

 p. 13 (1892). 



a. S ad. Ching-tung, Yunnan, 8 March, 1899. 

 Iris brown. Total length 14 inches. 



100. Pal^eornis fasciata. 



Palaornis lathami Finsch ; David & Oustal. Ois. Chine, 

 p. 2 (1877). 



Palceornis fasciata (P. L. S. Miiller) ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. XX. p. 464 (1891). 



a. ^ ad. South-west Yunnan, April 1899. 



Iris yellowish brown. Total length 16 inches. 



