CORACIIFORMES. 
Aves 39 
Merops apiaster , in Caithness ; Dunbar, Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist. 1897, 
p. 250. 
Melittophagus quinticolor , notes ; Stuart Barer, J. Bombay Soc. x, 
pp. 560-563. 
Nyctiornis athertoni , nesting habits ; Stuart Baker, t. c. pp. 558-560. 
Sub-order Halcyones. 
Intercentra in the vertebral column ; Beddard, P. Zool. Soc. London, 
1897, p. 471. 
Alcedo grandis , figured ; Stuart Baker, J. Bombay Soc. x, pi. g. 
Geryle rudis , notes on ; Stuart Baker, t. c. pp. 540-542. 
Pelargopsis sasak , n. subsp., Lombok ; Vorderman, Natuurk. Tijdschr. 
Nederl. Ind. liv, pp. 334 & 335. 
Halcyon quadricolor , from German New Guinea ; Berlepsch, J. Ornith. 
1897, p. 90. 
Cyanalcyon elizabeth , from German New Guinea ; Berlepsch, t. c. p. 90. 
Monachalcyon monackus intermcdius, n. subsp., West Celebes, Hartert, 
Nov. Zool. iv, pp. 163 & 164. M. capucinus , note on tho female ; id. 
t. c. p. 160. 
Dacclo ccrvina , oggs doscribod ; Le Souef, Ibis, 1897, pp. 392 & 393. 
Sub-order Bucerotes. 
Intercentra in the vertebral column ; Beddard, P. Zool. Soc. London, 
1897, p. 472, fig. 4. 
Bucorax guineensis and B. abyssinicus , casques figured ; Reichenow, 
J. Ornith. 1897, p. 19. 
Rhytidoceros everetti , n. sp., Sumba ; Rothschild, J. Ornith. 1897, p. 513. 
Ocyceros gingalensis , head figured ; Madarasz, Termes. Fuzetek, xx, Tab. 
viii, fig. 1. 
Dichoceros bicornis, in captivity ; Phipson, J. Bombay Soc. xi, pp. 307 & 
308, pis. a & b (photographic) : in the wild state ; Bingham, t. c. 
pp. 308-310. 
Anorrliinus austeni , notes on ; Stuart Baker, J. Bombay Soc. x, pp. 564 & 
565. 
Tockus melanoleucus , nesting habits; Schonland, Tr. S. African Soc. x, 
pp. 1-7. 
Sub-order Upup^e. 
Intercentra in the vertebral column ; Beddard, P. Zool. Soc. London, 
1897, p. 471. 
Upupa epops , notes on ; Salvadori, Ibis, 1897, p. 494. 
Sub-order Momoti. 
Intercentra in the vertebral column ; Beddard, P. Zool. Soc. London, 
1897, p. 471. 
Momotus mexicanm saturatus , n. subsp., Mexico ; Nelson, Auk, xiv, 
pp. 49 & 50. 
