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d. Egypt. Presented by John Bowring, Esq. 



e. Asia Minor. Presented by Sir C. Fellows. 

 /. Northern Asia. 



-. Sternum, Europe. From Mr. Lefevre's Collection. 

 h. Skull, Egypt. Presented by Dr. Turnbull Christie. 



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2. MEROPS JEGYPTIUS. The Egyptian Bee-eater. 



Merops aegyptius Forsk. Faun. Arab. i. No. 2. 



Merops persica Pall. Zoogr. i. p. 440. t. 



Merops Savignyi Cuv. Reg. Anim. (1829) i. p. 442. ; Swains. B. 



of W. Afr. ii. p. 77. pi. 7. 

 Merops ruficollis Vieill N. Diet d'Hist. Nat xv. p. 22. 



Levaill. Guep. t 6. 6. 16. ; Pr. Bonap. Faun. Ital. t. 25. f. I. ; 

 Kittl Kiipf. t. 7. f. 1. 



a, b. Egypt, young. Presented by W. B. D. Turnbull, Esq. 



d, e. Egypt, adult. Presented by J. Bowring, Esq. 

 J. ? adult. Presented by E. Wilson, Esq. 



* 3. MEROPS PHILIPPINUS. The Philippine Bee-eater. 



Merops philippinus Linn. S. N. i. p. 183. 

 Merops javanicus Horsf. Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 171. 

 Merops Daudini Cuv. Reg. Anim. (1829) i. p. 442. 

 Merops typicus Hodgs. Gray, Zool. Misc. (1844) p. 82. 

 PL enl. 57. ; Levaill. Nat. Hist. Guep. t. 14. 



a, b. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



c. Behar. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



d, e. Indian Archipelago. Presented by Capt. Sir E. 



Belcher, C.B.R.N. 



/. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 

 g, h. Java. Presented by the Hon. East India Company, 

 f. Malabar. Presented by Mrs. Spinks. 



V/4. MEROPS VIRIDIS. The Indian Bee-eater. 



ylerops viridis Linn. S. N. i. p. 182. 

 'Merops Lamarckii Cuv. Reg. Anim. (1829) i. p. 442. 

 Merops torquatus Hodgs. Gray, Zool. Misc. (1844) p. 82. 

 Merops ferrugeiceps Hodgs. Gray, Zool. Misc. (1844) p. 82. 

 *Merops indicus Jerd. Madr. Journ. Lit. and Sci. (1840) p. 227. 



Edwards, Birds, pi. 183.; Levaill. Hist. Nat. Guep. t. 10.; 

 Hodgs. Icon. ined. Pass. 20, 21, 22. f. 2, 3, 4. 



a. Gangoutra, Himalayan Mountains. 



b d. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



