.•Jl» 



MF.Ronn.i;. 

 1 .Tiini> 



'2. T^abiian, Borneo, 



(J. irhite/iearl). 

 8. Labuan. 

 2. Labuan, June. 

 6. Baram, Sarawalc, Feb. & Marcb 



Pvowb\v Bequest. 



Sir Hucrb Low [C.]. 

 A. I':verett, Esq. [P.]. 

 Dr. f'liarles Hose TP.]. 



Merops apiaster, Linn. 



Merops apiaster, Thien. Fortnflanz. ges. Voq. p. 107, tab. xiii. fis;'. 4 

 (1845-54); Baedeker, Ei'er Ear. Vofj. tab. IL ti?. 13 (1855-68); 

 Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 254, pi. Ixiv. fig-, ii (1856); 

 Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 803 : Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 67 : Sharpe, ed. 

 Lagard's Birds S. Africa, p. 95 (1875 84) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. v. 

 p. 155 (1877) ; id. Mon. Merop. p. 75 (1884) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, 

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

 Hume, Nests S^- Eq/s Ind. Birds, iii. p. 66 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xvii. p. 63 (1892) : Irh/, Or77. Str. Gihr. 2nd ed. n. 131 

 (1895); Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 165, pi. 48. tig. 6 (1896) ; 

 Shar2)e, Hand-l. ii. p.' 74 (1900). 



The eggs of the Common Bee-eater measure from 'Oo to 1*15 in 

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



2. Spain. 

 7. Spain. 



1 . Seville, Spain (H. Saunders : Har- 



gitt Coll.). 

 6. Seville, loth May {H. S.). 



2. Malaga, Spain (H. S. : Hargltt 



Coll.). 



3. Gibraltar (Z. //. Irbg). 



0. Corsica, 4th June. 

 6. Kustendji, Dobrudscha, 16th June 



{H. Seebohm i^' ./. Young). 



1 . Dobrudscha. 



6. Coriotb, Greece, 6th May {H See- 

 bohm ^- T. Kruper). 



1. Nymphia, (ireece, 7th June 



\H. s. 4'- r.K.). 



4'. Sarepta, S. Russia.' 



2. Volga. 

 10. Southern Europe. 



(i. Tangier, Morocco. 



2. Algeria (O. Salrii}). 



1. Zana, Algeria, 14th June (0. S.). 



6. Cheraora, Algeria, 1st June 



{(J.S.). 

 6. Chemora, 2iid June {H. B. 7'ns- 



tram). 



1. Chemora, 2nd June (//. B. T.). 



2. Tunis. 



3. South Africa. 

 1. Kashmir, India, 28th Mav (C. IL 



Cock). 



Lord Lilford [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Cnll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 Salvin-Codmau Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 L. Eraser, Esq. [C.]. 

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

 Hume Coll. 



