196 HALCYON SMYRNENSIS. MEROPS ATI ASTER. 



HALCYON SMYRNENSIS (LinuK^us). 

 SMYRNA KINGFISHER. 



[§ GSO. One— Ceylon. From Dr. Frere's Collection, 1854. 



Received from Mr. E. L. Layard, and probably oue of the eggs mentioned by 

 liim (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, xii. p. 172).] 



[§ 681. One.—ChoYazin, Palestine, 28 April, 1864. From 

 Mr. Tristram's Collection. 



Mr. Tristram informed me that this was from a nest of five eggs, a good 

 deal sat on, in the bank of the stream of Chorazin, close by the Sea of 

 Galilee.] 



MEROPS APIASTER, Linnaeus. 

 BEE-EATER. 



§ 682. 3'f//ttee?i.—BaThaYy, 1845-1847. From M. Favier's 

 Collection. 



Of this rare egg I obtained thirteen specimens from Favier of Tan- 

 gier, in September, 1845. They vary in size. I exchanged one with 

 IVlr, John Hancock, one with Mr. Wilmot, and one with Mr. Salvin. 

 I gave two to Williamson of St. Jolm^s College, and one to Rowley. 



[Subsequently Mr. Wolley received from Mons. Favier, either directly or 

 indirectly, through Mr. Williams (then a dealer in Oxford Street), a considerable 

 number of these eggs, but without further information than that they were 

 taken near Tangier.] 



§ 683. /S'u'.— Chemora, Algeria, 2 Jmie, 1857. " 0. S." 

 From Mr. Salvin's Collection. 



A complete nestfnl, and the usual number laid, for in one nest only 

 were seven]]^eggs found. These were taken by Mr. Salvin himself. 



§ 684. Two. — Chemora, Algeria, 2 June, 1857. From Mr. 

 Simpson's Collection. 



These were obtained by Mr. Salvin. 



