MEEOPS. 581 



Yamilj—COBACIIDJ^. 



Genus Coeacias, Linn. 



23. CoEACiAS ArriNis, Mc'Clelland, 



Coracias affinis, Mc'Clell., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1839, p. 164; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. 

 E. Ind. Co., vol. ii, 1856-58, p. 574; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. i, 1862, p. 217 ; ScH., Mus. P.-B. 

 Coraces, p. 136; Gould, B. Asia, xx; Hume, Stray Feathers, vol. iii, 1876, p. 50; ojp.cit., 

 vol. iv, 1877, p. 18; Gates, t. c, p. 143; Armstrong, t. c, p. 305. 



a. Mandalay, 26th September 1868. 

 I. c. Bhamo, 6tli and IStli February 1868. 



d. Manwyne, Sanda Valley, 12tb May 1868. 

 e.f. Muangla, Sanda Valley, 22nd May 1868. 



The two specimens killed at Muangla have the black tips to the tail feathers 

 much less pronounced than in the other examples. This bird is not at all uncommon 

 in the valley of Sanda, especially in the neighbourhood of the towns and villages, 

 which are generally embosomed in gigantic bamboos and fine trees. I did not 

 observe it beyond Muangla. 



Family— JfZS OP/i?^. 



Genus Meeops, Linn. 

 24. Meeops philippinensis, Linn. 



Le Grand Guqner des Philippines, Briss. Orn., t. iv, p. 560, pi. xliii, fig. 1, 1760 ; D'Aubent., 

 PI. Enl., pi. Ivii, 1783. 



Merops pUlippinus, Linn., Syst. Nat., t. xiii, p. 183, (1767, ex Briss.) ; Gray, List Fissirostres, 

 p. 59, 1843; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc, Bengal, p. 52, 1849 ; Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1854, 

 p. 263 ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. i, p. 86, 1856-58 ; Phillips, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc, 1857, p. 87; Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein., th. ii, p. 139, 1860; Gould, Proc Zool. 

 Soc, 1859, p. 149 ; Ixhj, Ibis, 1861, p. 228 ; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. i, p. 207, 1862 ; Schleg., Mus. 

 P.-B. Merops, p. 2, 1863; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1866, p. 129; Beav., Ibis, 1867, p. 318 ; Gray, 

 Handl. B., vol. i, p. 99, 1869; Wald., Tr. Zool. Soc, vol. viii, p. 42, 1872; Holdsw., Proc 

 Zool. Soc, 1872, p. 422 ; Wald., Tr. Zool. Soc, vol. ix, p. 149, 1875; Hume, Nests and Eggs, 

 p. 101, 1875 ; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xliv, extra No., p. 72^ 1875 ; Hume, 

 Stray Feathers, 1875, pp. 324-456; Legge, t. c, p. 281; Fairbank, oj?. c^Y., 1876, p. 254 ; 

 Hume, op. cit., 1877, p. 18; Gates, t. c, p. 143 ; Fairbank, t. c, p. 294. 



Ze Guepier vert a cpieue d'azur, Month., Hist. Nat. Ois., t. vi, p. 504, 1783. 



Le Guepier daudin, Levaill., Hist. Nat. Guep., p. 49, pi. xiv, 1806. 



Merops javanicns, Horsf., Tr. Linn. Soc, vol. xiii, p. 171, 1821; Raffles, op. cit., p. 294, 1822; 

 Bonap. Consp., vol. i, p. 160, 1850; Reich., Handb. Meropidae, p. 66, taf. ceccxliv, figs. 

 3227-28, 1852 ; Wald., Proc Zool. Soc, 1863, p. 484. 



Merojos savignyi, Kittl. in Luthe^s Voy. (Postels), vol. iii, p. 327. 



Merops cyanorrhos, Temm., MS. in Mus. Brit. 



Merops daudini, Cuv., Regne Anim., vol. i, p. 442, 1829; Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 99, 1869; 

 Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1871, p. 348; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 162; op. cit., 1875, 

 p. 49 ; Armstrong, op. cit., 1876, p. 304. 



Merops typicus, Hodgs., in Gray^s Zool, Misc., p. 82, 1844. 



