M E R O P S P H I L I P P I N U S.
BLUE-TAHED BEE-EATEE.
Apiaster phitippensis major, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 860, pi. jcliii. fig. 1 (1760).
Grand Guepier des Philippines, D'Aubcnton, PI. Eni. no. 57.
he Gntpier vert a- queue d"azur, Month, in Ruff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 501 (1779).
Merops phi/tppinus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 13, i. p. 183, no. 5 (1767); Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 461 (1788); Shaw,
Gen.Zool.viu.pt. 1, p. 165 (1811) ; VieUl. Nouv. Diet. xiv. p. 27 (1817); Franklin, P.Z.S. 1831, p. 115;
Ewer, P . Z . S . 1812, p. 9 2 ; Strickland, P.Z.S. 1842, p. 167; Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 86 (1846); Horsf. &
Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 86 (1854) ; Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 66 (1854) ; F. Moore, P.Z.S.
1854, p. 2 6 3 ; Gould, B. of Asia, part vii. (1855); F. Moore, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 8 7 ; Cassin, U.S. Expl.
Exp. p. 228 ( 1 8 5 8 ) ; Gould, P . Z . S . 1859, pp. 150, 151; Cab. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 139 (1859); Irby, Ibis,
1861, p. 228; Sclatcr, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 2 1 3 ; Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Merops, p. 2 (1863); Hume,
Nests & Eggs of Ind. B. p. 101 (1873); Holdsworth, Ibis, 1874, p. 125; Salvadori, Ucc. Born. p. 89
(1874); Legge, Ibis, 1875, p. 281; Fairbank, Str. Feath. iv. p. 254 (1876); Hume, Str. Fcath. iv.
p. 287 (1876); David & Oustalet, Ois. de la Chine, p. 78 (1877); Twceddalc, P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 540,
690; Ball, Str. Feath. v. p. 413 (1877); Fairbank, Str. Feath. v. p. 394 (1877); Twccddale, P. Z. S. 1878,
pp. 107, 282, 340, 709; Hume, Stray Feath. vi. p. 498 (1878); Ball, Str. Feath. vii. p. 203 (1878); Cripps,
Str. Fcath. vii. p. 258 (1878); Tiraut, Bull. Com. Agr. de la Cochin Chine, ser. 3, vol. i. p. 98 (1879); Hume,
Str. Feath. viii. p. 48 (1879); Bingham, Str. Fcath. viii. p. 198 (1879); Butler, Str. Fcath. viii. p. 386 (1879);
Meyer, Ibis, 1879, p. 5 7 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 2-18; Bingham, Str. Fcath. ix. p. 152 (1880); Vidal, Str.
Fcath. ix. p. 49 (1880); Legge, B. of Ceylon, p. 306 (1880); Nicholson, Ibis, 1881, p. 143; Kelham, Ibis,
1881, p. 3 7 8 ; Oatcs, B. of Brit. Burm. ii. p. 66 (1883).
he Guepier ä queue a"a:ur ou le Guipier Daudin, Levaill. Hist. Nat. Guep. p. 49, pi. 14 (1807).
Merops philippensis, Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. 2, p. 75 (1825); Jcrdon, B. of Ind. i. p. 207 (1862);
Swinhoc, Ibis, 1805, p. 230; Beavan, Ibis, 1865, p. 407; id. Ibis, 1867, p. 318; Swinhoc, Ibis, 1870, p. 9 1 ;
Legge, Ibis, 1871, pp. 13, 125; Ball, Str. Feath. ii. p. 386 (1874); id. op. cit. iU. p. 289 (1875); Hume,
Str. Feath. iii. p. 456 (1875); id. op. cit. v. p. 18 (1877); Anderson, Yunnan Exped. i. p. 511 (1878).
Merops daudin, Cuvier, Regne Anira. i. p. 442 (1829, ex Levaill.).
Merops javanicus, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 171; Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xiu. pt. 2, p. 73 (1825) ;
Lesson, Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 86 (1828); Eyton,. P. Z. S. 1839, p. 101} Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 86 (1846); Bp.
Consp. Gen. Av.i. p. 162 (1850); Rcicheub. Mcrophue, p. 66 (1852); Mottlcy, P.Z.S. 1863, p. 213; Pilzcin,
Novara Reise, Vbg. i. p. 50 (1865).
Merops jaranica (Horsf.), Swains. Classif. of B. ii. p. 333 (1837).
Merops typicus, Hodgson in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 82 (1814).
Merops cyanorrhos, Temm. in Mus. Lugd. fide Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 162 (1850).
Merops suvignyi, in Mus. Massen, fide Cab. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 139.
Blepkuromerops javanicus (Horsf.), Rcicbenbach, Mcropina?, p. 82 (1852).
Bltphmmerops philippinus (Gmel.), Rcichenb. ut supra (1852); G. R. Gray, Hand-I. of B. i. p. 99, no. 1207
(1869).