Q*2 . MBBOPIDJB. 



The eggs of the Blue-tailed Bee-eater measure from -82 to -97 in 

 length, and from '67 to '85 in breadth. 



13. Lahore, Punjab, 10th June Hume Coll. 



(C. H. T. Marshall). 



1. Hansi, Punjab, 14th June Hume Coll. 



( W. Blewitt). 



1. Hansi, 18th June (W. B ). Hume Coll. 



9. Delhi, 2nd June (C. T. Bingham). Hume Coll. 



1. Baraich, Oudh, 21st April (R. M. Hume Coll. 



Adam). 

 4. Baraich, 28th April (R. M. A.). Hume Coll. 



4. Hoshungabad, C. Provs., 28th Hume Coll. 



April (E. C. Nunn). 



5. Hoshungabad, 1st May (E. C. N.). Hume Coll. 



2. Hoshungabad, 3rd May (E. C. N.). Hume Coll. 



1. Hoshunorabad, 7th May (E. C. N.). Hume Coll. 

 23. Raipur, C. Provs. (F. R. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 



2. Akyab, Burma, 22nd April (E. Crowley Bequest. 



R. Shopland). 

 1. Pe?u, 15th April (E. W. Gates). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Pegu, 15th April (E. W. O.). Oatas Coll. 



3. Pegu, 17th April (E. W. O.). Gates Coll. 

 11. Sittang River, Burma, 25th April Hume Coll. 



(E. W. 0.). 



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Merops ornatus, Lath. 



Meropa ornatus, Gould, Hnndb. Birds Austr. i. p. 117 (1865) ; Dresser, 

 Mon. Merop. p. 51 (1884) ; North, Nests $ Eggs Amtr. Birds, p. 34 

 . (1889); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 74 (1892); Le Souef, 

 Viet. Nat. xvi. p. 70 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 159 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 74 (1900); Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, ii. p. 545 (1901). 



The eggs of the Australian Bee-eater measure from '8 to -87 in 

 length, and from -71 to '76 in breadth. 



1. Adelaide, S. Australia (E. P. Ram- Crowley Bequest. 

 say : Tristram Coll. ) . 



5. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



4. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



6. New South Wales, 3Dth Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 



3. Cardinorton, Bell River, N. S. W. Crowley Bequest. 

 (E. P. Ramsay: Tristram Coll.). 



Merops viridis, Linn. 



Merops viridis, Beavan, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 375 ; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 309 

 (1878) ; Dresser, Birds Enr. v. p. 171 (1876) ; id. Mon. Merop. 

 p. 31 (1884) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 60 

 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 78 (1892) ; Blanf. Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 110 (1895) j Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 74 (1900). 



The .eggs of the Little Green Bee-eater measure from '63 to -82 

 in .length, .and from *64 to '73 in breadth. 



