r,L 



Merops persicus, Pcdl. 



Merops segyptius, Zoc//(?, Ea'2)1. Sci. Alger., Ois. ii. p. 91 (18G7). 



Merops persica, Bree, Birds Em-, iii. p. 162, pi. — (1867) ; id. torn. n'i. 

 2nd ed. iv. p. 76, pi. — (1875). 



Merops persicus. Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 155 (1877) ; id. Mon. Merop. 

 p. 6.3 (1884) ; Oafes ed. Hume, Nests Sf Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 65 

 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 66 (1892) ; Blanf. Fauna 

 Brit, hid., Birds, iii. p. 112 (1895); Koenig, J. f. O. 1896, p. 216, 

 tab. vi. tig. 3 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 74 (1900). 



1. Algeria {Loche). Salviii-Godnian Coll. 



1. l^wh'vA {Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Banks of the Nile (J. H. Cochrane : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Asia Minor, May. Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Sambhur, India,*^ 19th June {R. M. ITunie Coll. 



Adam). 



7. Sambhur, 30th June (i?. M. A.). Hume Coll. 

 1. Sambhur, 1st July {B. M. A.). Hume Coll. 



6. Sambhur, 2nd July {R. M. A.). Hume Coll. 

 1. Sambhur, .3rd July (i2- i^/. --i.). Hume Coll. 

 1. Sambhur, 10th July (^. ;!/. .4.). Hume Coll. 



8. Sambhur, 13th July (R. M. A.). Hume Coll. 



3. Sambhur, 27th July {R. M. A.). Hume Coll. 

 8. Delhi. ' Hume Coll. 

 1. Delhi, 7th July {C. T. BingJunn). Hume Coil. 



7. Gurhi Hursroo, Gurgaou Dist., Hume Coll. 



17th June (C. T. B.). 

 5. Gurhi Hursroo, 2nd July ( W. N. Hume Coll. 

 Chill). 



1. Gurhi Hursroo, 5th July ( H". Hume Coll. 



iV, C). 



Merops superciliosus, Llmi. 



Merops superciliosus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xiii. fig. 5 (1845- 

 54) ; Cowan, Proc. R. Fhys. Soc. Edinb. vii. p. 148 (1882j ; Dresser, 

 Mon. Merop. p. 71 (1884); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 70 

 (1892); Nehrk, Kat. Eiersainml. p. 159 (1892) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii, 

 p. 74 (1900). 



Merops madagascariensis typicus, Milne-Edwards Sj- Grandidier, Hist. 

 Nat. Madag., Ois. i. p. "262, pi. 302. %. 13 (1879). 



The eggs of the Madagascar Bee-eater measure from -95 to 1 in 

 length, and from -75 to -88 in breadth. 



5. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 



2. Mahanoro, Madagascar, Nov. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. [P.], 



3. Madagascar {E. Newton). Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Madagascar. Crowley Bequest. 



Merops philippiiius, Linn. 



Merops philippinus, Legge, Birds Ceglon, p. 306 (1878) ; Dresser, Mon, 

 Merop. p. 55 (1884) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests Sf Eggs Ind. Bird'^, iii. 

 p. 63 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 71 (1892) ; Blanf. 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. Ill (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. }'4 

 (1900j. 



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