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HAND-LIST OF THE “BIRDS OF INDIA.” 
BY 
E. C Stuart Baker, F.L.S., F.Z.8., M.B.0.U. C.F.A.0.U. 
Part V. 
(Continued from Page 1C6 of this volume.) 
Sub-order MEROPES. 
Family MERopip2. 
1362. (1026) Merops crientalis orientalis. The Common Indian 
Bee-Eater. 
M. orientalis Lath., Ind. Orn. Suppl., p. vaaiti (1801), (Mahk- 
ratta, India). 
India, Bengal to Ceylon. 
1363. (1026) Merops orientalis birmanus. The Burmese Green 
Bee-Eater. 
Merops viridis hirmanus Newmann., Orn. Monatsber., 1910, 
p. 80, Lrvawaddy). 
Assam and Burma. 
1364. (1026) Merops orientalis biludschicus. The Sind Green 
Bee-Eater. 
Merops viridis hiludschicus Neumann., op. cit., p. 80 (Persian 
Baluchisian). 
S. E. Persia to Sind and Baluchistan. 
1365. (1027) Merops supercilicsus javanicus. The Blue-toiled 
Bee-Eater. 
Merops javanicus Horsf., Trans. Lin. §., 1821, p. 171, (Jura): 
India, Ceylon and Burma to Java, 
1366. (1028) Mercps persicus persicus. The Blue-cheeked Bee- 
Eater. 
Merops persica Pall., Reis. versch. russ. Reichs., ti., p. 708 
(1773), (Caspian Sea). 
Summer visitor to W. and N. W. India. 
367. (1029) Merops apiaster. The European Bee-Eater. 
Linn., S. N., I. p. 117 (1758), (Europe). 
N. and N. W. India, Kashmir, etc. 
