antea, p. 92. 



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MEROPID^. 



31. MEROPS SUMATRANUS. 



32. MEROPS PHILIPPINUS. 



antea, p. 92. 



Both Bee-eaters were common on Koli Samui, less so on 

 Koh Pennan. 



CYPSELID^. 

 .<53. TACHORNIS INFUMATA. 



Tachornis infumata (Sclai.) ; Hartert, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xvi, 

 p. 467 (1892) ; Robinson and Kloss, tom. cit., p. 38. 



This little palm swift was very abundant after rain on botli 

 islands, bnt only one female was shot. 



.34. CYPSELL'S PACIFICU.S. 



Micropns pacificus (Lath.) ; Hartert, torn, cit., p. 448. 

 Three from Koh Pennan. 



35. COLLOCALIA MERGUIENSlS. 



CoUocalia francica, subsp. merguiensis, Hartert, tom. cit., p. 453. 



Very common indeed on botli islands bi^eeding on some of the 

 small islands between Koh Samui and the mainland, the nests being 

 regularly collected by the (Hiinese. This race has not hitherto been 

 recorded from the Malay Peninsula, the form occurring on the 

 islands to the south being C. f. inexpectata, Hume. 



CUCULID^. 

 36. CACOMANTIS MERULINI'S. 



Cacomantis merulinus (Scop.) ; Shelley, tom. cit., p. 40; Robinson 

 and Kloss, tom. cit. p. 40. 



A single very immature specimen of undetermined sex from Koh 

 Samui. 



37. EUDYNAMIS ORIENTALIS. 



Eudynamis orientalis (Linn.) ; Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xix, 

 p, 322 (1891) ; Robinson and Kloss, tom. cit., p. 41. 



Very common on both islands as on practically every other island 

 of any size in the vicinity of the Malay Peninsula, though commoner 

 in the winter months. 



" Male, iris crimson, bill greenish slate, feet slaty, edges of scales 

 yellowish." 



.38. CENTROPUS SINENSIS INTERMEDIUS. 



antea, p. 93. 



Five specimens from the islands agree with those from the 

 mainland in the characters noted. The shortness and breadth of 

 the tail is especially noticeable. 



39. RHOPODYTES TRISTIS. 



antea, p. 93. 



Very common in secondary jungle on Koh Samui. 



