48 TJPITPID^:. - MEROPID2E. 



2. Pegu, 7th April (E. W. O.}. Gates Coll. 



1. Pegu, 7th April (E. W. O. : Crowley Bequest. 



Sesbohm Coll,}. 

 4. Salang, Malay Peninsula, 24th Feb. Hume Coll. 



(J. Darling). 



Upupa marginata, Bp. 



Upupa marginata, Milne- Ediuards fy Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. 

 i. p. 270 (1879) ; Cowan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edinb. vii. p. 148 

 (1882) ; Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 13 (1892) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 152 (1899) ; Sharps, Hand-l ii. p. 70 (1900). 



The eggs of the Madagascar Hoopoe in the Collection are of a 

 greyish-white colour and slightly glossy. Two specimens are 

 marked with rufous spots, which, however, appear to be only nest- 

 stains. Examples measure from -91 to 1-04 in length, and from 

 65 to '71 in breadth. 



2. Betsileo, Madagascar. Kev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 



5. Madagascar ( W. Deans Cowan : Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll). 



Upupa africana, Bechst. 



Upupa africana, Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 134, 808 (1875-84) ; 

 Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 14 (1892) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 152 (1899) ; Sharps, Hand-l. ii. p. 70 (1900). 



An egg of the African Hoopoe measures 1'5 by '73 inch. 

 1. Grahamstown, Dec. W. Radclifle Saunders, Esq. [P.]. 



Sub-Order MEROPES. 



Family MEROPID^E. 



The eggs of the Bee-eaters are plain white and of a rounded 

 shape, many being perfectly spherical. The shell is very smooth 

 and extremely glossy. 



Genus DICROCERCUS, Cab. $ Heine. 



Dicrocercus Mmndineus (Liclit.). 



Dicrocercus hirundinaceus, Anderss. Birds Dam -land, p. 63 (1872) ; 



Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds 8. Africa, p. 101 (1875-84). 

 Dicrocercus himndineus, Dresser, Mon. Merop. p. 99 (1884) ; Sharpe 



Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 43 (1892) ; id. Hand-l ii. p. 72 (1900) 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 159 (1899). 



Two eggs of the Swallow-tailed Bee-eater in the Collection 

 measure respectively : -8 by -69 ; -82 by -7. 



