FASCICULI MALATENSES 
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MEROPIDAE 
160. Merops sumatranus, Raftl. 
Merops sumatrensis {sic ), Bcnhote^ p, 69. 
$ ad. Patani. 13th and 15th June, (Nos, 183. 184) 
$ ad, Biserat, Jalor. 2nd and 3rd July. (Nos. 229, 230, 231, 343, 444) 
$ , ? ad, Sungkei, South Perak. yth and nth 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). 
i t 9 ad* Patani. 13th and 15th June. (Nos* 185, 192) 
9 ad. Nawngchik. 29th and 30th November. (Nos, 492, 493) 
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, MeHttophagus swinhoei, (Hume) 
Merops leschenaulti swinhoei, Hartert , p. 544. 
£ad, Patani, 15th June. (No. 191) 
dad. Nawngchik. a8th 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. Nyctiomis amicta , on the other hand, the only other species of 
Mala van 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/ 
CORACMDAE 
163, Coracias affinis, McClelL 
Coracias affinis, Sharpe y 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. 
4 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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