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e. Madras. Presented by W. Elliott, Esq. 



f. Madras. Presented by the Rev. B. B. Baber. 



g. Darjeelan. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



5. MEROPS ORNATUS. The variegated Bee-eater. 

 Merops ornatus Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xxx. 

 Philemon ornatus Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat xvii. p. 423. 

 Merops melanurus Lewin, B. of N. H. pi. 2. 



Levaill. Hist. Nat. Guep. t. 4. ; Gould, B. of Austr. ii. pi. 

 a. Australia. From Mr. Gould's Collection. 

 #, c. Port Essington. Presented by Capt W. Chambers, B,. N. 

 J, e. Murray River, Australia. Presented by His Excell. 



Capt. Sir G. Grey. 



/, g. Cape Upstart, Australia. Presented by J. B. Jukes, 

 Esq. 



6. MEROPS ALBICOLLIS. The white-throated Bee-eater. 

 Merops albicollis Vieill. N. Diet tfHist. Nat xiv. p. 15. 

 Merops Cuvieri (Licht.) Reg. Anim. (1829) i. p. 442. 

 Merops Savignii Swains. Zool. lllustr. pi. 76. 

 Levaill. Hist. Nat -Guep. t. 9. 



a c. Western Africa. Presented by Col. Sabine, R. A. 



7. MEROPS QUINTICOLOR. The Pirik Bee-eater. 



Merops quinticolor Vieill. N. Diet d'Hist. Nat. xiv. p. 20. 

 Merops urica Horsf. Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 172. 



Levaill. Hist. Nat. Guep. t. 15. ; Swains. Zool. lllustr. pi. 8. : 

 Hodgs. Icon. ined. Pass. 22. f. 1. 



a. Java. Presented by the Hon. East India Company. 



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



c. d. Madras. Presented by the Rev. B. B. Baber. 



e, /. Tenasserim. Presented by J. D. C. Packman, Esq. M. D. 



8. MEROPS BADIUS. The chestnut Bee-eater. 

 Merops badius Gmel. S. N. i. p. 462. 

 Merops castaneus Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 273. 

 Merops sumatranus Raffl. Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 294. ? 

 PL enl 252. ; Levaill. Hist Nat de Guep. t. 12. 



a. Isle of France, adult. Presented by E. Wilson, Esq. 



b. Malacca, young. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



c. Indian Archipelago ? adult. From Mr. Warwick's Collec- 



tion. 



d. Indian Archipelago, young. From Mr. Warwick's Collec- 



tion. 



