Merops philippinensis, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1865, pp.. 230, 848 ; Marshall, Ibis, 1872, p. 203; Sail, Stray
Feathers, 1873, p. 57, >1874, p. 886; Legge, op. cit., 1874, p. 18; Holdsw., p. 125; Ball,
op. 1 ! | 1877, p. 418.
a. Mandalay, 26th September 1868.
I did not observe this species either at Bhamd or beyond.
2 5 . M e r o p s v ir id i Sj l i n n .
Merops viridis, Linn., Syst. Nat., vol. i, p. 182, 1766 ; Less., Traité d’Om., p. 238, 1881 ; Sykes,
Proe. Zool. Soc., 1882, p. 82; Gray, Gen. B., vol. i, p. 86, 1846; id., Cat. Fissir. Brit. Mus'.,
p. 69, 1848; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 53, 1849; Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 84,
1850; Keich., Handb. Merops., p. 67, taf. ccccxlv, figs. 8281-82, 1852; Horsf. & Moore,
Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. i, p. 84,1856-58 ; Gould, B. Asia, pt. vii, 1855 ; Jerdon, B. Ind.,
vol. i, p. 205, 1862; Gray, Handb. B., vol. i, p. 99,1869 ; ■ Stoliczka, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal,
vol. xli, 1872, p. 282; Adam., Stray Feathers, 1878, p. 871 ; Hume, t. c., p. 167 ; id., op. cit.,
1874, p. 469 ; Ball, op. cit., 1874, p. 886; Hume, op. cit., 1875, p. 49; id., Nests and Eggs,
Ind. B., p. 99, 1875; Fairbank, Stray Feathers, vol. iv, 1876, p. 254; Armstrong, t. c.,
p. 804 ; Godwin-Austen, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xlv, 1876, p. 69.
Guêpier à collier de Madagascar, Buff., PI. Enl., p. 740.
Guêpier Lamarck, ou à gorge bleu, Levaill., Promer. and Guêp., vol. ii, p. 39, pi. x, 1807.
Merops lamarckii, Cuvier, Règne Anim., 1829, p. 442.
Merops indicus, Jerdon, Madr. Joum., vol. xi, p. 227,1840; Blyth, Ann. Nat. Hist., xii, p. 93,1848.
Merops torquatus, Hodgs., in Gray’s Zool. Misc., p. 82, 1844.
Merops ferrugeiceps, id., I. c., p. 82, 1844.
Phloshrus viridis, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein., th. ii, p. 186, 1859.
a. b. Mandalay, Upper Burma, 25th and 26th September 1868.
c. Mengoon, ,, ■ „ 14th January 1868.
d. Shienpagah, „ ,, 16th January 1868; -■
e. Sanda, Yunnan, 5th May . 1868.
This species is prevalent in the Sanda valley. All the hirds from Upper Burma
and Sanda belong to Hodgson’s variety M. ferrugeiceps, which has the head and
neck much redder than in the Indian hirds, and the chin and throat more grassy
green.
2 6 . M e r o p s l e sc h e n a t t l t i , Y ie ill.
Le Guêpier Laichenot, Levaill., Guêpiers, p. 51, pi. xviii (1807).
Merops leschenaulti, Yièill., N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., t. xiv, p. 17 (1817); Blyth, Cat. B. Mus.,
As. Soc., Bengal, p.'53, 1849; Blyth & Walden, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, 1875 ; Fairbank;
Stray Feathers, vol. v, 1877, p. 394.
Merops quinticolor, Gray, List Fissirostres, p. 70, 1843; id., List B., Nepal, Hodgs. Coll., p. 57,
1846; Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1854, p. 264; Jerdon, B, Ind., vol. i,p,'208,1862; Gray, Handl.
B., vol. i, p. 100, 1869; Legge, Ibis, 1871, p. 13; Holdsw., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1872, p. 423 ;
Wald., Ibis, 1873, p. 301.
Merops erythrocêpkalus, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soq,, 1871, p. 348.
Merops swinhoei, Hume, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 163 ; id., op.'cit., 1875, p. 50 ; id., Nests.and Eggs,
Ind. B., 1878, p. 102 ; Fairbank, Stray Feathers, 1876; p. 254; Armstrong, t. c,, p. 803.
a. b. $ ? Second defile of the Irawady, 5th March 1875.
MEGALÆMA. 683
On the left bank of the Irawady at the above mentioned locality this species is
very common. t
Genus N y c t i o r n i s , Swainson.
27. N y c t io r n i s a t h e r t o n i , Jardine & Selby.
Merops athertoni, Jard. & Selby, 111. Om., vol. ii, pi. lviii, 1825-43.
Lucia nipalensis, Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. v, p. 361, 1836.
Nyctiornis caruleus, Swainson, Classif. B., vol. ii, p. 333, 1837.
Nyctiornis amherstiana, Royle, Himal. Botany, vol. i, p. 76, 1839.
Nyctiornis athertoni, Mc’Clell., Prpc. Zool. Soc., 1839, p. 155; Gray, Gen. B., vol. i, p. 87, 1840;
id., Cat. Mamm., fitc., Nepal, Coll. Hodgs., p. 58, 1846; Bonap. Consp., t . i, p. 164,
1850; Gould, B. Asia, ii, pt. ii; Reich., Handl. Merop., p. 81, pi. ccccliii, figs. 3262, 3263,
1852; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. i, p. 89, 1854; Cab. & Heine,
Mus. Hein.-, th. ii, p. 182, I860; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. i, p. 211, 1862; Gray, Handl. B.,
vol. i, p. 98, 1869 ; Hume> Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 469; id., Nests and Eggs, Ind. B.,
p. 108, 1874; id., Stray Feathers, 1877, p. 18; Fairbank, t. c., p. 394.
Merops cyanogularis, Jerdon, Madr. Joum., vol. xi, p. 229, 1840.
Lucia athertoni, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. x, p. 922, 1841.
Napophila athertoni, Blyth, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xi, p. 104, 1842.
Alcemerops paleazureus, Less., Rev. Zool., 1842, p. 262.
Napophila meropina, Hodgs., Gray’s Zool. Misc., p. 82, 1844.
Alcemerops athertoni, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 52, 1849.
a. b. c. Bhamo, 24th and 29th February 1868.
I shot two of these birds at early morning, perched side by side on the branch
of a tree about 20 feet- above a foot-path which ran along a patch of low tree-
jungle.
Family—GAPITONIDJE.
Genus M e g a l ^ m a , Gray.
28. M e g a l .e m a h o d g s o n i , Bonap.
Lucco caniceps, Hodgs., in Gray’s Zool. Misc., p. 85, 1844.
Lucco lineatus, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xv, p. 12,1846.
Megalama lineata, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus.j As. Soc., Bengal, p. 66, 1849; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B.
Mus. E. Ind. Co., p. 686, 1856; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. i, p. 809,1862.
Megalama hodgsoni, Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 144,1850; Goff., Mus. P.-B. Buccones, p. 34, 1862;
Gray, Cat. Capitonid®, B. Mus., p. 12, 1868; Marshall, Monogr. Capitonid®, pi. xxxvi; Hume,
Stray Feathers, vol. v, 1877, p. 27; Godwin-Austen, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. v, 1876,
p . 70.
Megalama Me'Clellandi, Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., p. 637, 1856; Gray, Cat.
Capitonid®, B. Mus., p. 12, 1868.
a.—e. Shuaygoo, Upper Burma, 21st January 1868.
f Bhamd, 29th January 1868.
g, Bham6, February 1868.
h. Bhamo, 7th September 1868,.