MEEOPS. 581 



'Family— COBICIID^. 



Genus Coeacias, Linn. 



23. COEACIAS APFiNis, Mc'Clelland. 



Coracias affinis, Mc'Clell., Proe. 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; Schl., Mus. P.-B. 

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

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



a. Mandalay, 26tli September 1868. 

 h. c. Bhamo, 6th and 15th February 1868. 



d. Manwyue, Sanda Valley, 12th May 1868. 

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



The two specimens killed at Muangla hare the hlack tips to the tail feathers 

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

 in the vaUey 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— JOB OtlDM. 



Genus Merops, Linn. 

 24. Meeops philippinensis, Linn. 



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

 PL Enl., pi. Ivii, 1783. 



Merops philippinus, 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 ; Irby, 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, o^. wY., 1876, p. 254 ; 

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



Le Giiepier vert a queue d'azur, Month., Hist. Nat. Ois., t. vi, p. 504, 1783. 



Le Guipier daudin, LevailL, Hist. Nat. Guep., p. 49, pi. xiv, 1806. 



Merops javanicus, Horsf., Tr. Linn. Soc, vol. xiii, p. 171, 1821; Raffles, ojo. cit., p. 294,1823; 

 Bonap. Consp., vol. i, p. 160, 1850; Reich., Handb. Meropidaj, p. 66, taf. ccccxliv, figs. 

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



Merops savignyi, Kittl. in Luthe's Voy. (Postels), vol. iii, p. 327. 



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



Merops daudini,Cwf., 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. 



