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BUCEROTIDiE.—MEROPID jE. 
Rhyticeros plicatus mendanas Hart. 
Rhyticeros plicatus mendanm Hartert, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xlv. 
p. 40, 1924: Guadaleanar Island, Solomon Islands. 
Distr . — Solomon Islands. 
Genus RHABDOTORRHINUS M. & W. 
Rhabdotorrhinus Meyer & Wiglesworth, Abb. u. Ber. Mus. Dres. 
vol. v. p. 6 , 1895. Type (by monotypy): Buceros exarhatus 
Terara. 
Rhabdotorrhinus exarhatus (Temm.). (17-376.) 
Buceros exarhatus Temminck et Laugier, Planch. Color. d’Ois. 
pi. 211,1823: Celebes. (Fig. T. Z. S. viii. pi. 5. figs. 1-2; Elliot, 
Buc. pi. 46.) 
Distr. —Celebes. 
Genus CRANORRHINUS C. & H. 
Cranorrhinus Caban is & Heine, Mus. Hein. vol. ii. p. 173, 1860. 
Type (by monotypy) : Buceros cassidix Temm. 
Cranorrhinus cassidix (Temm.). (17-377.) 
Buceros cassidix Temminck et Laugier, Planch. Color. d’Ois. pi. 210 
1823: Celebes. (Fig. Elliot, Buc. pi. 16.) 
Distr .—Celebes. 
Order MEROPIFORMES. 
Family MEROPlDiE. 
Genus MEROPS LinnA 
Merops Linne, Syst. Nat. 10th ed. p. 117, Jan. 1st, 1758. Type (by 
tautonymy) : Merops apiaster Linne. 
Merops philippinus L. 
Distr .—Indian Peninsula to Papuan Islands. 
[Merops philippinus philippinus L. (17-71.) 
Merops philippinus Linne, Syst. Nat. 12th ed. vol. i„ Errata, 1766 : 
Philippines. (Fig. Dresser, Monogr. pi. 15.) 
Distr. —Philippines. Extra-limi tal.] 
