CATALOaUE. 
87 
The Javan Bee-eater, Lath. 
Kachangan, Java, Horsf. 
BiKi-BiEi or Baeai-Baeai, Sumatra, Baffles. 
Beeeat Beeeay, Malay, Eyton, 
BoEO-PUTEiNGA, Hind., Dr, F. {B.) Hamilton. 
Bans-puttee, Beng., Id. 
A. Java. Dr. Horsfield's Collection. 
B. and Drawing. Sumatra. Presented by Sir T. S. 
Raffles. 
c. Bengal. Presented by Dr. Falconer. 
d. Drawing. From Dr. F. (B.) Hamilton's Collection. 
e. Drawing. From Heyne's Collection. 
/ Drawing. Siam. From Finlayson's Collection. 
" This bird prefers a well-wooded country, and I have seen it in 
Goomsoor in open parts of the jungle, and in the west coast occa- 
sionally in similar situations. It is almost always found in small 
parties seated on the tops of high trees, frequently among wet paddy- 
fields, and in general, perhaps, making a much longer circuit than 
the last one, capturing several insects before returning to its perch. 
I have on one or two occasions seen it perched on a low palisade 
overhanging some water, and every now and then picking an insect 
off the surface of the water. I once saw an immense flock of them 
at Caroor, in the Carnatic (Coimbatoor district), and in the begin- 
ning of March. There were many thousands of them perched on the 
lofty trees lining the road there, which sallied forth for half an hour 
or so, making a great circuit before returning. These birds were 
most probably what had been spread over great part of that country, 
now collected to migrate into a more wooded region during the 
approaching hot season, when insect life is scarce. Like the Hurrial, 
this has a loud and pleasing sort of whistle, but more full and 
mellow."— (Jerdon, Madr. Joum. L. S. XI. p. 228.) 
106. MEBOPS BADIUS, Gmel 
Merops badius, Gmel., S. J!i. L. I. p. 462. G. B. GroAf, 
Gen. of Birds, I. p. 86 ; Cat. B. Brit. Mus. II. 
p. 70. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 162. 
Merops castaneus, Lath., Ind. Orn. I. p. 273. 
