1918.] recently collected ill Siam. 93 



Jerdou's name for these Indo-Chinese birds, though Hartert 

 (Vogel pal. Fauna, p. 870) considers that U. e. indica 

 Reichenbaeh extends through the whole of India (exclusive 

 of the south, where U. e. ceylonensis Reichenbaeh occurs) to 

 southern China and Hainan. 



From Koh Lak Gyldenstolps records a male with a wing 

 of 146 mm., and Mr. Williamson informs me that he has two 

 adult males from Bangkok and south-eastern Siam with wings 

 of 115 and 152 mm. and white spots on first primaries. 

 These birds are so large that they call for examination, 

 particularly since there is in the F.M.S. Museums a female 

 Hoopoe fromTaipiug, Perak, with wing of 147 and bill from 

 gape 55 mm. ; though much worn, it is undoubtedly an 

 example of f/. e. saturata Lonnberg, and provides by a great "~t" 

 distance the most southerly record of the race. 



Meropid^. 



-^ 33. Melittophagus leschenaulti swinhoei (Hume). 



2 ? . Lat Bua Kao. 



Iris crimson; bill and feet black. 

 T.L. 222, 215; W. 110, 102. 



/ 34. Merops viridis (Linn.). 



Merops sumatranus Raffles & auct. (^vide Hartert, Nov. 

 Zool. xvii. p. 482). 



1 ^ subad., 1 ^ imm. Lat Bua Kao. 



Iris crimson ; bill and feet black. 



W. 109, 114. 



The young bird is green throughout except for the rump, 

 tail, and under tail coverts which are blue, and the ear- 

 coverts which a're dusky black. 



-/- 35. Merops lamark burmanus Neumann. 



Merops orientalis burmanus Neumann, Ornith. Mouatsber. 

 xvii. 1910, p. 80. 



Merops viridis auct. {vide Hartert, Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 482). 



1 ? . Lat Bua Kao. 



3 c? , 2 ? . Koh Lak. 



Iris crimson ; bill and feet black. 



