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Blepharornerops daudini (Cuv.), G. R. Gray, Hand-1, of B. i. p. 99, no. 1208 (1869). 
Merops daudini, Cuv., Swinhoe, P. Z. S.1871, p. 319; Hume, Str. Feath. ii. pp. 162, 469 (1874); Oates, Str. 
Feath. iii. p. 49 (1875); Armstrong, Str. Feath. iv. p. 304 (1876). 
Merops philippensis (Steph.), Hancock, Cat. of B. of North. & Durh. p. 28 (1874). 
Figures notcibiles. 
Gould, B. of Asia, part vii. ; D’Auhenton, PI. Enl. no. 57 ; Levaillant, Hist. Nat. Guep. pi. 14 ; Reichenhach, 
Meropinse, pi. ccccxliy. fig. 3227. 
Boro-putringa, Beng. ; Burra-putringa, Hind. ; Komu passeriki, Tel. (Jerdon) ; Kacliangan, Java ; Burong 
langir, Berray Berray, Malay; Shale, Nicobarese; Kurumenne kurulla, lit. “Beetle-bird,” Sinhalese; 
Kattalan Jcuruvi, lit. “Aloe-bird,” Tam.; Fappugai de Champ, Portug,, lit. “Ground-Parrot” [apud 
Layard) . 
Hab. Indo-Malayan region, ranging eastward to China and the Philippines and southward to Java. 
Ad. supra saturate viridis vix fusco lavatus, pileo et nucha fusco-olivaceis : uropygio et supracaudalibus saturate 
viridi-casruleis : secundariis intimis eodem colore tinctis : remigibus nigricanti tinctis ; scapis nigris : cauda 
saturate cserulea vix viridi tincta : rectricibus duabus centralibus elongatis versus apicem nigricantibus : mento 
flavo, gula castaneo-rufa : loris et vitfcl magrdi per oculum ducta nigris, hac subtus turcino-cscrulco marginata: 
corpore subtus pallide viridi, lateraliter cinnamomeo lavato : subcaudalibus pallide cterulcis : alis subtus cinna- 
momeis : rostro nigro : pedibus nigricantibus : iride rubra. 
Juv. supra viridior : plumis ad basin fusco-viridibus : uropygio, supracaudalibus et cauda sordidioribus : rectricibus 
centralibus haud elongatis, vitta nigra in facie lateraliter indistinct^ cseruleo marginata ; mento pallide et 
sordide flavo : gula pallide cinnamomea : iride sordide rubra. 
Adult male (Ceylon). — Upper surface of the head, hocly, and wings deep green, with a slight 
brownish tinge, the crown and nape becoming brownish olivaceous ; rump and upper tail-coverts 
deep greenish blue, and the inner secondaries tinged with the same colour ; quills tinged with 
black and having black shafts ; tail deep blue with a greenish tinge, the terminal portion of the 
central rectrices blackish ; chin yellow ; throat rufous ; a broad black streak, margined below with 
pale turquoise-blue, passes along the side of the head through the eye ; underparts of the body 
pale greenish, becoming pale c cerulean blue on the under tail-coverts ; flanks tinged with cinnamon- 
rufous, which colour pervades the under surface of the wings ; bill black ; legs and feet blackish ; 
iris scarlet, eyelids grey; mouth flesh-colour. Total length about 11 inches, culmen 1*8, gape 2'0, 
wing 5-2, tail 6'0, central rectrices 2-2 longer than the lateral ones, tarsus 0'5, middle toe with 
claw 0‘8. 
Adult female. — Does not differ from the male in plumage, but appears, as a rule, to have 
the central rectrices rather shorter than in the male. 
Young (Malacca). — Upper parts much greener than in the adult, the feathers brownish green 
on the basal portions ; rump, tail-coverts, and tail much duller than in the adult, the central 
rectrices not elongated ; the blue streaks on the sides of the head scarcely perceptible ; the chin 
much less yellow than in the adult, and the throat pale dull cinnamon instead of rufous ; Ms 
dull reddish. 
