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2. Omaruru, Daruara-Iand, 31st Oct. Crowley Bequest. 

 ( C. J. A/ichrsson : Tristram 

 Coll.). 



Genus MELITTOPHAGUS, Bole. 



Melittophagus swinhoei (Hume). 



IVrerops swinhoei, Legge, Birds Ceyhm, p. 312 (1878). 



Melittophagus quinticolor, Dresser, Mon. Merup. p. 115 (138"!) ; Oates 



ed. Hume, Nests Sf Egr/s Ind. Birds, iii. p. 67 (1890). 

 Melittophagus swinhoei, Sharpc, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 5o (1802) ; 



Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 114 (1895) ; Skarpe, Hand-L 



ii. p. 73 (1900). 



The eggs of the Chestnut-headed Bee-eater measure from '77 to 

 •92 in length, and from -72 to -81 in breadth. 



10. Nilghiri Hills, S. India, 26th Hume Coll. 

 March. 



2. Nilghiri Hills. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Ceylon, 16th May {A. L. Butler). Crowley Bequest. 



4, Tenasserim, 2nd April (C. T. Hume Coll. 



Bingham). 



5. Yea, Tenasserim, 26th Marcli Hume Coll. 



( JF. Davison). 

 47. Salang, Malay Peninsula, 16th Hume Coll. 

 March {J. Darling). 



2. Salang, 16th March {J. Darling). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus MEROPS, Linn. 



Merops bicolor, Bodd. 



JNIerops hicolor. Dresser, Mon. Merop. p. 27 (1884): Steere, List Birds S,- 

 Marmn. l^hilipp. p. 9 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 60 

 (1892) ; id. Hand-l. ii. p. 73 (1900). 



Three eggs of the Chestnut-and-Green Bee-eater measure respec- 

 tively : -91 by -78; -91 by "78 ; -9 by -79. 



3. Marinduque Tsl., Philippines. Steere Exped. 



Merops sumatranus, Raffi. 



Merops sumatranus, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 329 : Dresser, Mon. Merop. 

 p. 23 (1884); Everett, List Birds Borneo, p. 164 (1889); Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 61 (1892); Hose, Ibis, 1893, p. 411 ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 159 (1899) ; Butler, Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 Hist. Soc. xii. p. 773 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 73 (1900). 



The eggs of the Sumatran Bee-eater measure from "SS to 1 ia 

 length, and from -75 to "85 in breadth. 



8. Singapore, 17th May ( TV. Davison). Hume Coll. 



4. Borneo ( 'SV;- Hugh Loir). Crowley Bequest. 



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