CONTENTS.
Ti tic page
Dedication
Contents
List of Plates
Preface
Introduction
General Remarks
Externa] Characters and Pterylosis .
Osteology
Myology
History of the Bcc-caters . . . .
Classification
Habits and Distribution . . . .
Table of Geograpbical Distribution .
Family MEUOPID.E . .
Genus NTOTIORNII
Nyctiornis amict us
athcrtoni
Genus MEKOPOGOS . . .
Mcropogon forsteni
Genus M B BOPS . . .
Mcrops brcweri
1 3
2 3
sumatrail us
bicolor
viridis
muscateusis 40
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Merops cyanopbrys .
boehmi . . .
albicollis . .
ornatua. . .
—— philippinus
pcrsicus . .
supcrciliosus .
apiaster. . .
malimbicus
nubicus . . .
nubicoides . .
Gem
Dicroeercus hirundiiieus . . .
Genus MELITTOPH"
Melittophagus lafresnayei . .
s o n u i n i i . . . . . .
pusillus
quinticolor
• k'scbenaulti
gularis
bullockoides
——- bullocki
boleslavskii
revoili
Index
