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2. Omaruru, Damara-land, 31st Oct. Growler Bequest. 

 ( C. J. Andcrsson : Tristram 

 Coll.). 



Genus MELITTOPHAGUS, Bole, 



Melittophagus swinhoei (Hume). 



Merops swinhoei, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 312 (1878). 



Melittophagus quinticolor, Dresser, Mon. Merop. p. 115 (188">) ; Oates 



ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs 2nd. Birds, iii. p. 67 (1890). 

 Melittophagus swinhoei, Sharpc, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 55 (1892) ; 



Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 114 (1895) ; Sharps, Hand-l. 



ii. p. 73 (1900). 



The eggs of the Chestnut-headed Bee-eater measure from -77 to 

 92 in length, and from '72 to '81 in breadth. 



10. Nilghiri Hills, S. India, 26th Hume Coll. 



March. 



2. Nilghiri Hills. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Ceylon, 16th May (A. L. Butler}. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Tenasserim, 2nd April (C. T. Hume Coll. 



Bingham}. 



5. Yea, Tenasserim, 26th March Hume Coll. 



( W. Davison). 



47. Salang, Malay Peninsula, 16th Hume Coll. 

 March (J. Darling}. 



2. Salang, 16th March (J. Darling}. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus MEROPS, Linn. 



Merops tricolor, Bodd. 



Merops bicolor, Dresser, Mm. Merop. p. 27 (1884): Steere, List Birds Sf 

 Mamm. Philipp. p. 9 (1890) ; Sliarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. <50 

 (1892) ; id. Hand-l. ii. p. 73 (1900). 



Three eggs of the Chestnut-and-Green Bee-eater measure respec- 

 tively : -91 by '78 ; '91 by '78 ; '9 by '79. 



3. Marinduque Tsl., Philippines. Steere Exped. 



Merops sumatranus, Eaffl. 



Merops sumatranus, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 329 ; Dresser, Mon. Merop. 

 p. 23 (1884) ; Everett, List Birds Borneo, p. 164 (1889) ; Sharps, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 61 (1892); Hose, Ibis, 1893, p. 411 ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 159 (1899) ; Butler, Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 Hist. Soc. xii. p. 773 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 73 (1900), 



The eggs of the Sumatran Bee-eater measure from *88 to 1 in 

 length, and from -75 to '85 in breadth. 



8. Singapore, 17th May ( W. Davison). Hume Coll. 



4. Borneo (Sir Hugh Low). . Crowley Bequest. 



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