ML493014191
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Reference: Roy, Monisha Basu 1969. Occurrence of the European Bee-eater Merops apiaster (Linnaeus), at Mettur Dam, Salem District, Madras. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 65: (3) 776. (Journal Article)
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Reference: Roy, Monisha Basu 1969. Occurrence of the European Bee-eater Merops apiaster (Linnaeus), at Mettur Dam, Salem District, Madras. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 65: (3) 776. (Journal Article) Edit: Email reply to Ganeshwar from Dr Gopinathan Maheswaran of ZSI. "Dear Mr. Ganeshwar, Thanks for your mail with screenshot of the article. Though the two specimens that we have in ZSI seems to be the same but both were collected by R.V. Sherard in 1952 and not by Mr. Tiwari as mentioned in the BNHS article." [and he also attached the photograph of the specimens in the email] Based on the specimen photo, one specimen (Reg. No. 30209 | Female) was collected on 20 February 1952 and another specimen (Reg. No. 30210 | Female) was collected on 21 February 1952.
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