collected in South China . 
599 
"/-96. Melittophagus swinhoii. 
Melittophagus swinhoii (Hume); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xvii. p. 55 (1892). 
a. £ ad. Near Mong-sen, SouthYunnan, 22 March, 1899. 
Iris yellow-brown. Total length 9 inches. 
f 97. Ceryle lugubris. 
Ceryle luqubris ( Temm.); David & Oustal. Ois. Chine, 
pi. 78, pi. 10 (1877) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus, xvii. p. 115 
(1892). 
a. S ad. Yuan-chu, Wu-ho River, West Hunan, 
23 December, 1898. 
b. S ad. Yuan-chu, Wu-ho River, West Hunan, 
24 December, 1898. 
Iris dark brown. Total length 16 inches. 
"^~98. Halcyon smyrnensis. 
Entomobia smyrnensis (Linn.); David & Oustal. Ois. Chine, 
p. 76 (1877). 
Halcyon smyrnensis (Linn.) : Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xvii. p. 222 (1892). 
a. S ad. Mong-kou, south of Ma-li-pa (Tawnio), South 
Yunnan, 2 April, 1899. 
Iris dark brown. Total length 12 inches. 
99. CoRACIAS AFFINIS. 
Coracias afRnis McClell.: Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. 
p. 13 (1892). 
a. S ad. Ching-tung, Yunnan, 8 March, 1899. 
Iris brown. Total length 14 inches. 
100. Pal^ornis fasciata. 
Palceornis lathami Finsch; David & Oustal. Ois. Chine, 
p. 2 (1877). 
Palceornis fasciata (P. L. S. Muller); Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. 
Mas. xx. p. 464 (1891). 
a. S ad. South-west Yunnan, April 1899. 
Iris yellowish brown. Total length 16 inches. 
