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MEROPID A. 
31. MEROPS SUMATRANUS. 
antea, p. 92. 
32. MEROPS PHILIPPINUS. 
antea, p. 92. 
Both Bee-eaters were common on Koh Samui, less so on 
Koh Pennan. 
CYPSELID A. 
38. TACHORNIS INFUMATA. 
Tachornis infumata (Sclat.) ; Hartert, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xvi, 
p. 467 (1892) ; Robinson and Kloss, tom. cit., p. 38. 
This little palm swift was very abundant after rain on both 
islands, but only one female was shot. 
34, CYPSELUS PACIFICUS. 
Micropus pacificus (lath.); Hartert, tom. cit., p. 448. 
Three from Koh Pennan. 
35. COLLOCALIA MERGUIENSIS. 
Collocalia francica, subsp. merquiensis, Hartert, tom. cit., p. 453. 
Very common indeed on both islands breeding on some of the 
small islands between Koh Samui aud the mainland, the nests being 
regularly collected by the Chinese. This race has not hitherto been 
recorded from the Malay Peninsula, the form occurring on the 
islands to the south being C. f. inexpectata, Hume. 
CUCULIDA:. 
36. CACOMANTIS MERULINUS. 
Cacomantis merulinus (Scop.); Shelley, tom. cit., p. 40; Robinson 
and Kloss, tom. cit. p. 40. 
A single very immature specimen of undetermined sex from Koh 
Samui. 
37. EUDYNAMIS ORIENTALIS. 
Hudynamis orientalis Linn.) ; Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xix, 
p. 322 (1891) ; Robinson and Kloss, tom. cit., p. 41. 
Very common on both islands as on practically every other island 
of any size in the vicinity of the Malay Peninsula, though commoner 
in the winter months. 
‘ Male, iris crimson, bill greenish slate, feet slaty, edges of scales 
yellowish.” 
38. CENTROPUS SINENSIS INTERMEDIUS. 
antea, p. 93. 
Fiye specimens from the islands agree with those from the 
mainland in the characters noted. The shortness and breadth of 
the tail is especially noticeable. 
39. RHOPODYTES TRISTIS. 
antea, p. 93. 
Very common in secondary jungle on Koh Samui. 
