50 



JlEROrlD.J!. 



2. Labuan, Borneo, .3rd .Tune 



{J. Whitehead). 

 8. Labuan. 

 2. Labuan, .Tune. 

 6. Baram, Sarawak, Feb. & Marcli, 



Crowley Beijuest. 



Sir Hugb Low [C.]. 

 A. Everett, Esq. [P.]. 

 Dr. Charles Hose [P.]. 



Merops apiastsr, Limn. 



Merops apiaster, Thien. FoHnflam. (jes. Vog. p. 107, tab. xiii. fi^. 4 

 (1845-54); Baedeker, Eier Ear. Vog. tab. 11. fio;. 13 (185.5-63); 

 Hetoitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 254, pi. Ixiv. fig. ii (1856) ; 

 Snhin, Ibis, 1859, p. .303 : Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 67 : Sharpe, ed. 

 Layard's Birds 8. Africa, p. 96 (1876 84) ; Dresser, Birds Eur: v. 

 p. 155 (1877) ; id. Mon. Merop. p. 75 (1884) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, 

 ii. p. 321, pi. 18 (1884) ; Whitehead, Ibis, 1885, p. 27 ; Oates ed. 

 Hume, Nests S,- Eg;is Ind. Birds, iii. p. 66 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat.. 

 Birds n. M. xvii. p. 63 (1892) ; Irby, Orn. Str. Gibr. 2nd ,ed. v. 131 

 (1895); Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 165, pi. 48. fig. 6 (1896) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 74 (1900). 



The eggs of the Common Bee-eater measure from -95 to 1'15 in 

 length, and from -8 to -94 in breadth. 



2. 

 7. 

 1. 



6. 

 2. 



3. 

 6. 

 6. 



4. 

 2. 



lo'. 



6. 

 2. 

 1. 

 6. 



6. 



1. 



a. 



3. 

 1. 



Spain. 

 Spain. 

 Seville, Spain {H. Saunders: Har- 



gitt Coll.). 

 Seville, 15th' May (H. S.). 

 Malaga, Spain {H. S. .- Hargitt 



Coll.). 

 Gibraltar (i. H. Irby). 

 Corsica, 4th June. 

 Kustendji, Dobrudsoha, 18th June 



(H. Seebohm ^ J. Young). 

 Dobrudacha. 



Oorintb, Greece, 6th May (H. See- 

 bohm ^ T. Kruper). 

 Nymphia, Greece, 7th June 



{H. S. %■ T. K.). 

 Sarepta, S. Russia. 

 Volga. 



Southern Europe. 

 Tangier, Morocco. 

 Algeria (0. Saldn). 

 Zana, Algeria, 14th June (0. S.). 

 Ohemora, Algeria, ',1st June 



(0. S.). 

 Chemora, 2nd June {H. B. Tris- 

 tram). 

 Chemora, 2nd June [H. B. T.). 

 Tunis. 



South Africa. 



Kashmir, India, 28th May (C. It. 

 Cock). 



Lord Lilford [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 li. Eraser, Esq. [C.]. 

 E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



