KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 56. N:0 2. 111 
215. Nyctiornis atherthoni. Jarp. & SuLtpy. — The Blue-bearded Bee-eater. 
Nyctiornis atherthoni: Gyldenstolpe I p. 53; Gyldenstolpe II; Gyldenstolpe IlI p. 281. 
S Doi Par Sakeng 7%; 1914. L = 334 mm; W = 132 mm; T = 138,5 mm.; C = 39 mm. — 
© Koon Tan §/s 1914. L = 332 mm; W = 138 mm; T = 136 mm.; C = 45 mm. — of Hue Sai **/ 
1915. L = 320 mm.; W = 132,35 mm.; T= 136 mm; C = 42 mm. — ¢ Koh Lak Paa *4/; 1915. L = 351 
mm.; W = 139,3 mm.; T = 144 mm.; C = 43 mm. — Irides: brown. Bill: blackish blue. Legs: brownish. 
The Blue-bearded Bee-eater was found in the well-wooded parts of the country 
though more abundant in the south than up in the north. At the neighbourhood of Koh 
Lak I obtained it in bamboo-jungles as well as in the dense evergreen forests which cover 
the mountain chain on the boundary between Siam and Tenasserim. 
Its habits are the same as the other kind of Bee-eaters. 
The specimens from Northern Siam have their upper parts, crown and forehead 
more washed with blue than the specimens from the Siamese Malaya but in every other 
way they are perfectly identical. 
Fam. Upupide. 
216. Upupa epops longirostris. Jurp. 
Upupa epops indica: Gyldenstolpe I p. 56; Gyldenstolpe 11; Gyldenstolpe ITI p. 232. 
Upupa indica: Robinson & Kloss p. 35; Oustalet 1903 p. 5; Grant p. 108; Bonhote p. 68; Robinson II p. 144; 
Gairdner p. 150. 
Upupa nigripennis: Gould p. 151; Schomburgk p. 248. 
Upupa longirostris: Miller p. 395. 
& Koon Tan 19/5 1914. L = 315 mm.; W = 140 mm.; T = 105 mm; C = 58 mm. — 2 Koh Lak 
8M, 1914, L = 277 mm.; W = 131 mm.; T = 106 mm.; C = 55 mm. — Koh Lak °/1, 1914. L = 
298 mm.; W = 146 mm.; T = 117 mm.; C = 65 mm. — Irides: brownish black. Bill: horn colour. Legs: 
plumbeous grey. 
The Burmese race of the Hopooe has been separated from the Indian bird chiefly 
on account of its larger bill which is said never to exceed 2,1 inches ( = 53 mm.) in the 
Indian bird. 
All the specimens collected by me in Siam have longer bills measuring from 55— 
65 mm. and I have referred them as belonging to the Burmese race and not. to the Indian 
one. Unfortunately I have no material from Continental India to compare with. A 
careful examination of a large series from Tenasserim, Siam, Burma and the French 
Indo China with a series from Continental India will perhaps show that a considerable 
difference does not exist between U. e. longirostris JERD. and U. e. indica REICHENB. 
and then the former name will only be a synonym of the latter. But until that question 
has been solved I think it is wisest to keep JERDON’s name for the Burmese and Indo 
Chinese race. 
217. Upupa epops saturata. LOnneerc. 
2 Koh Lak “/12 1914. L = 265 mm.; W = 132 mm.; T= 110 mm.; C = 52 mm. — Irides: brown. 
Bill: horn colour. Legs: plumbeous. 
A female specimen collected at Koh Lak in the Siamese Malaya on the 11th of 
December 1914 probably has to be referred to the race of the Common Hopooe, which 
