FASCICULI MALATENSES 109 



MEROPIDAE 



160. Merops sumatranus, Raffl. 

 Merops sumatrensis (sic), Bonhote, p. 69. 



£ad. Patani. 13th and 15th June. (Nos. 183, 184) 



$ ad. Biserat, Jalor. 2nd and 3rd July. (Nos. 229, 230, 231, 343, 444) 



$ , 9 ad. Sungkei, South Perak. 7th and Iith February. 



In the Sumatran Bee-eater the iris is red and the bill and feet black. 



161. Merops philippinus, Linn. 



Merops philippinus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii, p. 71 (1892). 



$, 9 .id. Patani. 13th and 15th June. (Nos. 185, 192) 



9 ad. Nawngchik. 29th and 30th November. (Nos. 492, 495) 



The Blue-tailed Bee-eater has the iris red and the bill and feet black. 

 ' This bird was breeding in great numbers in the banks of the Perak 

 River, near the Siamese border, in the month of April.' N.A. 



162. Melittophagus swinhoei, (Hume) 

 Merops leschenaulti swinhoei, Hartert, p. 544. 



$ ad. Patani. 15th June. (No. 191) 



$ ad. Nawngchik. 28th November. (No. 481) 



The Chestnut-headed Bee-eater has the iris red and the bill and feet 

 black. 



' These three species of Bee-eaters, which are collectively known as 

 Berek-berek, are common throughout the Peninsula in open country and round 

 rice-fields. Nyctiornis amicta, on the other hand, the only other species of 

 Malayan Bee-eater, is exclusively a high-forest bird, which on the east coast 

 of the Peninsula does not seem to range as far north as Patani, though 

 common in Selangor and Perak.' 



CORACilDAE 



163. Coracias affinis, McClell. 

 Coracias affinis, S/iarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii, p. 13 (1892). 



$ ad. Nawngchik. 27th November. (Nos. 477 and 478) 



The Burmese Roller has the iris dark hazel, the bill black, and the feet 

 yellowish-green. 



' The birds were probably on migration, as this Roller was abundant in 

 the Patani district in November and December, but not seen at any other 

 time of the year.' N.A. 



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