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CATALOGUE. 
Merops sumatranus, Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. 
p. 294. Bli/th, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 53. 
? Merops Adamsoni, Levaill. 
The Chestnut Bee-eater. 
A. and Dra\ving. Sumatra. Presented by Sir T. S. 
Kaffles. 
107. MEROPS NUBICUS, Gmel 
Merops nubicus, Gmel., S. N. L. I. p. 464, G. R. Gray, 
Gen. of Birds, I. p. 86 ; Cat. B. Brit. Mus. II. 
p. 71. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 161. 
Merops cseruleocephalus, Lath., Ind. Orn. I. p. 274. 
Merops superbus, Benn., Ind. Zool. Supp. p. 33. 
The Blue-headed Bee-eater. 
A. Abyssinia. From Sir W. Harris's Collection. 
108. MEROPS QUINTICOLOR, Vieill. 
Merops quinticolor, Vieill., N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XIY. 
p. 20. G. R. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. p. 86 ; Cat. 
B. Brit. Mus. II. p. 70. Jerd., Madr. Journ. L. S. 
XI. p. 229. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 163. 
Merops urica, Horsf, Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. p. 172. 
Swains., Zool. III. n. s. t. 8. 
Merops erythrocephalus, Lath, apud Blyth, Cat. Mus. A. 
S. B. p. 53. 
The Pirik Bee-eater. 
PiRiK, Java, Horsfield. 
A. and Drawing. Java. Dr. Horsfield's Collection. 
h. Drawing. Ceylon. Mons. E. de Jonville's Collection. 
Mr. Jerdon procured a specimen of this bird " at the foot of the 
Coonoor pass, in dense jungle, and another in an open forest on the 
Malabar Coast. It pursued insects from a fixed perch, returning 
after having catched one ; was generally observed seated on a low 
bough, solitary, or two or three together.'* — (Madr. Journ. L. S. XI. 
p. 229.) 
