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2. Omaruru, Daraara-land, 31st Oct. Crowley Bequest. 

 ( C. J. Andersson : Tristram 

 Coll.). 



Genus MELITTOPHAGUS, Bole. 



Melittophagus swinhoei (Hume)., 



Merops swinhoei, Leffffe, Birds Ceylon, p. 312 (1878). 



Melittophagus quinticolor, Dresser, Mon. Merop. p. 115 (188)) ; Odtes 



ed. Hume, Nests Sr Eygs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 67 (1890). 

 Melittophagus swinhoei, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 55 (1892); 



Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ili. p. 114 (1895) ; Sharpe, liand.l. 



ii. p. 73.(1900). 



The eggs of the Chestnut-headed Bee-eater measure from '77 to 

 •92 in length, and from -72 to -81 in hreadth. 



10. Nilghiri Hills, S. India, 26th Hume Coll. 

 March. 



2. Nilghiri Hills. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Ceylon, 16th May (^.Z.5Mtf«r). Crowley Bequest. 



4. Tenasserim, 2nd April (C. T. Hume Coll. 



Bingham). 



5. Yea, Tenasserim, 26th March Hume Coll. 



( TV. Davison). 

 47. Salang, Malay Peninsula, 1 6th Hume Coll. • 

 March (J. Darling). 



2. Salang, 16th March (J. Darling). Crowley Bequest. 



Genns MEROPS, Linn. __ 



Merops bicolor, Boid. 



Merops hicolor, Dresser, Mon. Mcrop. p. 27 (1884) ; Steere, List Birds S( 

 Mamm. Philipp. p. 9 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. (50 

 (1892) ; id. Hand-l. ii. p. 73 (190O)- 



Three eggs of the Chostnut-and-Green Bee-eater measure respec- 

 tively : -91 by -78; -91 by -78 ; -9 by -79. 



3. Marinduque TsL, Philippines. Steere Exped. 



Merops sumatranus, Raffl. 



Merops sumatranus, Sharpe, I'. Z. S. 1879, p. 329 ; Dresser, Mon. Merop, 



p. 23 (1884) ; Everett, List Birds Borneo, p. 164 (1889) ; Sharpe, 



Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 61 (1892); Hose, Ibis, 1893, p, 4fl ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 159 (1899) ; Butler, Journ. Bomb. Nat. 



' Hist. Soc. xii. p. 773 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 73 (1900). 



The eggs of the Sumatran Bee-eater measure from -88 to 1 in 

 length, and from -75 to '85 in breadth. 



8. Singapore, 17th May ( W. Davison). Hume Coll. 



4. Borneo {Sir Hugh Low). Crowley Bequest. 



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