264 
? Merops Latreillei, Vieillot (Levaill. Guep. t. 12). 
? Merops cyanopygtus, Lesson, Tr. d’Orn. p. 238. 
The Chestnut Bee-eater. 
22. Mrerops quinTIcotor, Vieillot, N. Dict. ? H. N. XIV. p. 20. 
(Levaill. Guep. t. 15.) 
Merops Leschenaulti, Vieillot. 
Merops urica, Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. p. 172; Swains. 
Zool. Ill. n. s. t. 8. 
Pirik of the Javanese (Horsf.). 
Found also in India and Ceylon. 
23. NYCTIORNIS AMICTA. 
Merops amictus, Temminck, Pl. Col. 310; Gould, Birds of Asia. 
Nyctiornis amicta, Swainson, Zool. Ill., 2ud Ser. t. 56. 
Kay Cuua of the Malays (Eyton). 
24. Hirunpo PANAYANA, Gmelin. 
H, gutturalis, Scopoli. 
H. javanica, Sparmann, Mus. Carls. IV. t. 100. 
HH. jewan, Sykes, P. Z. 8. 1832, p. 83. 
HZ, rusticoides, Kuhl. 
H. rustica, Meyen. (Temm. PI. Col. 83. f. 2.) 
25. Hrrunpo pomico.a, Jerdon, Madras Journ. XIII. p. 173. 
(1844). 
Hirundo javanica apud Shaw, Zool. X. p. 101; Lath. Gen. Hist. 
VII. p. 300. 
Bungalow Swallow, of residents in the Neilgherries (Jerdon). 
Forehead, chin, throat and upper part of breast deep rufous ; 
plumage above glossy blue-black ; beneath dusky cinereous ; wings 
and tail dusky black, the latter with a white spot near the tip on all 
but the two centre feathers ; under tail-coverts blackish, edged with 
white. Bill and legs black. 
Length 43 inches; of wing 4,4,ths; tail (very slightly forked) 2; 
bill to front 4ths, to gape {ths ; and tarsus ##ths of an inch. - 
“‘Common in the Neilgherries,” remarks Mr. Jerdon, [and also 
in the Malay countries,] “and builds its nest in retired or deserted 
bungalows, out-houses, &c., making a small mud nest, quite open at 
the top, and profusely lined with feathers.” 
26. CypseLus virratus, Jardine and Selby, Ill. Orn. 2nd Ser. 
t. 39. 
Cypselus australis apud Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XI. p. 886. 
27. CypseLus suBrurcatus, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 
XVIII. p. 807. (1849.) 
Cypselus affinis apud Strickl. P. Z. S., 1846, p. 99. 
“‘ Resembles C. afinis, but is larger, deeper coloured, with the 
tail-feathers conspicuously more pointed, and the outermost mea- 
