50 



ME HOP I IKE. 



I). 



Labuan, Borneo, 3rd .Tune 



(J. IVhitehead). 

 Labuan. 

 Labuan, June. 

 Baram, Sarawak, Feb. & March. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Sir Hugh Low [C."j. 

 A. Everett, Esq. [P.]. 

 Dr. Charles Hose [P.]. 



Merops apiastar, Linn. 



Merops apiaster, Thien. Fortrrflanz. ges. Voq. p. 107, tab. xiii. fig. 4 

 (1845-54); Baedeker, Eier Ear. Vog. tab. 11. fig. 13 (1855-63); 

 Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 254, pi. Ixiv. fig. ii (1856); 

 Salvin, Ibis, 1859', p. 303: Saunden, Ibis, 1871, p. 67 ; Sharpe, ed. 

 Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 96 (1875 84); Dresser, Birds Eur. v. 

 p. 155 (1877) ; id. Mon. Merop. p. 75 (1884) ; Seebolim, Brit. Birds, 

 ii. p. 321, pi. 18 (1884); Whitehead, Ibis, 1885, p. 27; Gates ed. 

 Hume, Nests # Egys Ind. Birds, iii. p. 66 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xvii. p. 63 (1892) ; Irbi/, Orn. Str. Gibr. 2nd ed. D. 131 

 (1895); Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 165, pi. 48. fig. 6 (1896) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p/74 (1900). 



The eggs of the Common Bee-eater measure from -95 to I 1 15 in 

 length, and from -8 to '94 in breadth. 



2. 



7. 

 1. 



6. 

 2. 



3. 

 6. 

 6. 



1. 

 6. 



4. 

 2 



10'. 



Spain. 

 Spain. 

 Seville, Spain (H.Saunders: Har- 



gitt Coll.}. 



Seville, 15th May (H. &)' 

 Malaga, Spain (H. S. : Hargitt 



Coll.). 



Gibraltar (L. H. Irby}. 

 Corsica, 4th June. 

 Kustendji, Dobrudscha, 16th June 



(H. Seebohm $ J. Young). 

 Dobrudscha. 



Coriuth, Greece, 6th May (H See- 

 bohm Sj- T. Kruper). 

 Nymphia, Greece, 7th June 



(H. S. fy T. K). 

 Sarepta, S. Russia. 

 Volga. 



Southern Europe. 

 Tangier, Morocco. 

 Algeria (O. Sali'iri). 

 Zana, Algeria, 14th June (0. S.). 

 Chemora, Algeria, 1st June 



(0. A). 



Chemora, 2nd June (H. B. Tris- 

 tram). 



Cheinora, 2nd June (//. B. T.). 

 Tunis. 



South Africa. 



Kashmir, India, 28th May (C. R. 

 Cock). 



Lord Lilford [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Ssebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Gill. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 L. Eraser, Esq. [C.]. 

 E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



