582 AVES. 



Merops pJiilippinensis, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1865, pp. 230, 348; Marshall, Ibis, 1872, p. 203; Ball, Stray 

 Feathers, 1873, p. 57, 1874, p. 386; Legge, op. cit., 1874, p. 13; Holdsw., p. 125; Ball, 

 op. cit., 1877, p. 413. 



a. Mandalay, 26th September 1868. 



I did not observe this species either at Bhamo or beyond. 



25. Merops viridis, Linn. 



Merops viridis, Linn., Syst. Nat., vol. i, p. 182, 1766 ; Less., Traite d'Om., p. 238, 1831 ; Sykes, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc., 1832, p. 82; Gray, Gen. B., vol. i, p. 86, 1846; id.. Cat. Fissir. Brit. Mus., 

 p. 69, 1848; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 53, 1849; Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 84, 

 1850; Reich., Handb. Merops., p. 67, taf. cccexlv, figs. 3231-32, 1852; Horsf. & Moore, 

 Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. i, p. 84, 1856-58 ; Gould, B. Asia, pt. vii, 1855 ; Jerdon, B. Ind., 

 vol. i, p. 205, 1862; Gray, Handb, B., vol. i, p. 99, 1869; Stoliezka, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, 

 vol. xli, 1872, p. 232; Adam., Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 371; Hume, t. c, p. 167; id., op. cit., 

 1874, p. 469 ; Ball, op. cit., 1874, p. 886; Hume, op. cit., 1875, p. 49; id., Nests and Eggs. 

 Ind. B., p. 99, 1875; Fairback, Stray Feathers, vol. iv, 1876, p. 254; Armstrong, i.e., 

 p. 304; Godwin-Austen, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xlv, 1876, p. 69. 



Guepier a collier de Madagascar, Buff., PI. Enl., p. 740. 



Gu^pner Lamarck, ou a gorge bleu, Levaill., Promer. and Guep., vol. ii, p. 39, pi. x, 1807. 



Al crops lamarckii, Cuvier, R^gne Anim., 1829, p. 442. 



Merops iiidicus, Jerdon, Madr. Journ., vol. xi, p. 227, 1840; Blyth, Ann. Nat. Hist., xii, p. 93, 1843. 



Merops torq^uatus, Hodgs., in Gray's Zool. Misc., p. 82, 1844. 



Merops ferriigeiceps, id., I. c., p. 82, 1844. 



Fhloshriis viridis, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein., th. ii, p. 136, 1859. 



a. b. Mandalay, Upper Burma, 25th and 26th September 1868. 



c. Mengoon, „ „ 14th January 1868. 



d. Shienpagah, „ „ 16th January 1868. 

 e. Sanda, Yunnan, 5th May 1868. 



This species is prevalent in the Sanda valley. All the birds from Upper Burma 

 and Sanda belong to Hodgson's variety M. ferriigeiceps, which has the head and 

 neck much redder than in the Indian birds, and the chin and tlu'oat more o-rassy 

 green. 



26. Merops leschenaulti, Vieill. 



Le Gnipier Laichenot, Levaill., Guepiers, p. 51, pi. xviii (1807). 



Merops leschenaulti, Vieill., N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., t. xiv, p. 17 (1817); Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. 

 As. Soc, Bengal, p. 53, 1849; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xhv, 1875 ; Fair- 

 bank, Stray Feathers, vol. v, 1877, p. 394. 



Merops quiniicolor, Gray, List Fissirostres, p. 70, 1843; id.. List B., Nepal, Hodgs. Coll., p. 57, 

 1846 ; Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1854, p. 264 ; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. i, p. 208, 1862 ; Gray,' Hand)' 

 B., vol. i, p. 100, 1869; Legge, Ibis, 1871, p. 13; Holdsw., Proc Zool. Soc, 1872^0 423- 

 Wald.,Ibis, 1873,p. 301. ^ P- ^''^ . 



Merops erylkroceplialus, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1871, p. 348. 



Merops sminhoei, Hume, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 163; id., op. cit., 1875, p. 50; id.. Nests and E-gs 

 Ind. B., 1873, p. 1 02 ; Fairbank, Stray Feathers, 1876, p. 254; Armstrong, t. c, p. 303. " 



a. b. t ? Second defile of the Irawady, 5th March 1875. 



