KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 56. N:<> 2. Ill 



215. Nyctiornis atherthoni. Jard. & Selby. The Blue-bearded Bee-eater. 



Nyctiornis atherthoni: Gyldenstolpe l p. 53; Gyldeustolpe II; Gyldenstolpe III p. 231. 



<£ Doi Par Sakeng % 1914. L= 334 mm.; W ■ = 132 mm.; T = 138,:, mm.; C= 39 mm. — 

 $ Koon Tan ll /a 1914. L = 332 mm.; W - 138 mm.; T = 136 mm.; C = i:> mm. - - J Hu<- Sai 

 1915. L = 320 inni.; W = 132,3 mm.; T = 136 mm.; C = 42 mm. - - J 1 Koll Lak Paa -'/, 1915. L =-- :;:>] 

 mm.; W= 139,3 mm.; T — 111 inni.; C -■= 43 mm. — Irides: brown. Bill: blackisli blue. Legs: brownish. 



The Blue-bearded Bee-eater was found in the well-wooded parts of thc country 

 though more abundant in the south than up in the north. At the neighbourhood of Koh 

 Lak I obtained it in bainboo-jungles as well as in the dense evergreen forests whieh cover 

 the mountain chain on the boundary between Siani and Tenasserim. 



Its habits are the same as the other kind of Bee-eaters. 



The specimens from Northern Siarn 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. Upupidae. 



216. Upupa epops longirostris. Jerd. 



Upupa epops indica: Gyldeustolpe I p. 5G; Gyldenstolpe II: Gyldenstolpe III i>. 232. 



Upupa indica: Kobinson & Kloss p. 35; Oustalet 1903 p. 5: Grant p. 108; Bonhote p. 08: Robinson II p. 144: 



Gairdner p. 150. 

 Upupa nigripemiis: Gould p. 151; Schomburgk p. 24S. 

 Upupa longirostris: Muller p. 395. 



<$ Koon Tan 18 /s 1914. L = 315 mm.: W = 140 mm.; T = 105 mm.; C == 58 mm. — $ Koh Lak 

 "/u 1914. L = 277 mm.: W = 131 mm.; T = 106 mm.: C = 55 mm. — J 1 Koh Lak 86 /u 1914. L = 

 298 mm.; \Y = 146 mm.: T 117 mm.: C = 65 mm. — Irides: browuish 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 whieh is said never to exceed 2,i inches ( -- 53 mm.) in the 

 Indian bird. 



All the specimens collected by me in Siarn have longer bilis 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, Siarn, 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 Beichenb. 

 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 

 C 1 hinese race. 



217. Upupa epops saturata. Lönnberg. 



$ Koh Lak "/i,- 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 llth of 

 December 1914 probably has to be referred to the race of the Common Hopooe, whieh 



