The fields of eight X‐ray sources in the Magellanic Clouds believed to be Be/X‐ray binaries have been searched for possible Be‐star counterparts. BVRc and Hα CCD imaging was employed to identify early‐type emission stars through colour indices and Hα fluxes. Spectroscopy of five sources confirms the presence of Hα emission in each case. Based on the positional coincidence of emission‐line objects with the X‐ray sources, we identify Be‐star counterparts to the ROSAT sources RX J0032.9‐7348, RX J0049.1‐7250, RX J0054.9‐7226 and RX J0101.0‐7206, and to the recently discovered ASCA source AX J0051‐722. We confirm the Be star nature of the counterpart to the HEAO1 source H0544‐66. In the field of the ROSAT source RX J0051.8‐7231 we find that there are three possible counterparts, each showing evidence for Hα emission. We find a close double in the error circle of the EXOSAT source EXO 0531.1‐6609, each component of which could be a Be star associated with the X‐ray source.
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