MEROPID.T!. 



The eggs of the Blue-tailed Bee-eater measure from -82 to -97 in 

 length, and from -67 to -85 in breadth. 



13. 



1. 



1. 

 9. 

 1. 



4. 

 4. 



5. 



•2, 



\. 



23. 



1. 

 ?,. 

 3. 



11. 



Lahore, Punjab, 10th June 



{C.H. T. Miirshall). 

 Hansi, Punjab, 14th June 



( W. Blewitt). • 



Hansi, 18th June {W. S). 

 Delhi, 2nd June (C. T. Bingham). 

 Baraich, Oudh, 21st April (72. M. 



Adam). 

 Baraich, 28th April (R. M. A.). 

 Hoshungabad, C. Provs., 28ch 



April \E. C. Numi). 

 Hoshungabad, latMn-v (E. O. N.). 

 Hoshungabad, 3i-d ilav {E.G. N.). 

 Hoshungabad, 7th May (E.C. N.). 

 Raipur, C. Provs. (F. M. lileioitt). 

 Akyab, Burma, 22nd April (E. 



R. Shopland). 

 Pesru, ISth April [E. W. Oates). 

 Pegu, 15th April (E. W. 0.). 

 Pegu, 17th April {E. W. O.). 

 Sittang River, Burma, 25th April 



(E. W. O.). 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume C.ill. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 OatBS Coll. 

 Oates Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Merops ornatus, Lath. 



Mei-ops ornatus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 117 (1865) ; Dresser, 

 Mon. Merop. p. 51 (1884) ; .North, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 34 

 (1889); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 74 (1892); Be Souef, 

 riot. Nat. xvi. p. 70 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiei-snmml. p. 159 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 74 (1900) ; Campbell, Nests Sr Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, ii. p. 645 (1901). 



The eggs of the Australian Bee-eater measure from -8 to •87 in 

 length, and from -71 to -76 in breadth. 



1. Adelaide, S. Australia ( E. P. Rfi7n- 



say : Tristram Coll.). 

 5. South Australia. 

 4. New South Wales. 

 C. New South Wales, 33th Oct. 



(A. J. North). 

 3. Cardington, Bell River, N. S. W. 



[E. P. Ramsai/: Tristram Coll.). 



Crowley Bequest. 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Merops viridis, Linn. 



Merops viridis, Beavan, P. Z. 8. 1864, p. 375 ; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 309 

 (1878); Dresser, Birds Enr. v. p. 171 (1876); id. Mon. Merop. 

 p. 31 (1884) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests Sr Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 60 

 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 78 (1892) ; Blanf. Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. LIO (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 74 (1900). 



The eggs of the Little Green Bee-eater measure from -68 to -82 

 in length, and from -64 to -73 in breadth. 



