4 4 11 KRoriD.T;. 



// /. c^ ad. sk. 



Otjitubinque, Uainara-I.and, Sliarpe and Tweed- 

 Nov., Feb., JLily (C. J. dale Culls. 



Andvrssoi}). 



m. Ad. sk. Lake Ngaini {CJmpman). Tweeddale Coll. 



/(, u. Ad. et jiiv. Benguela {Monfeiro). Sharpe Coll. 



sk. 



p. (S ad. sk. Victoria Falls, Zambesi, Jan. W. E. and C. G. 



(F. Oates). Oates, Esqrs. [P.]. 



q, r. Ad. sk. Dar-es-Salaani (Sir J. Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



A-. Ad. sk. Dar-es-Salaani. Purchased. 



2. MELITTOPHAGUS. „ 



Type. 



Melittophagus, lioie, I.sis, 1828, p. 31G M. pusillus. 



Meiopiscus, Simdev. CEfv. K. Vet.-Akad. Fork. 



Stuckh. 1849, p. 162 ." M. gularis. 



Sphecophobus, Beichenh. Handb., Merop. p. 82 (1852) . M. variegatus. 



Coccolarynx, Beichenh. t. c. p. 83 (1852j M. bullocki. 



Spheconax, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Mein. Th. ii. p. 133 



(I860) M. albifrons. 



Melittias, iid. t. c. p. 134 (1860) M. leschenaulti. 



Range. The whole of tropical Africa, and the Indian Peninsula 

 and Ceylon, extending through the Eurmese countries to Siam and 

 down the Malayan Peninsula to Java, 



Kei/ to the Sjjecies. 



a. Outer aspect of quills fawn-colour or chestnut ; 

 tail-feathers fawn-coloured, with a blacls band 

 at the end, followed by tips of ashy or whitish ; 

 throat yellow, with a black or blue band 

 across the lower throat. 

 a' . Baud on lower throat black. 



a". Forehead green like the head, but show- 

 ing a small blue streak over the eye. , . . meridionalis, p. 45. 

 b". Forehead and eyebrow green like the 



head ; a tiny bluish spot behind the eye. pusillus, p. 47. 

 c". A line along the base of the forehead and 



a distinct eyebrow blue cyanostictus, p. 48. 



V . Band on lower throat rich ultramarine-blue. 



d". Forehead green like the head ; a little 



blue above the eye, forming an indistinct 



eyebrow rariegatus, p. 48. 



e". Forehead and eyebrow blue lafre&nayii, p. 49. 



h. Outer aspect of quills chestnut ; tail-feathers 

 black, the centre ones washed with bright 

 blue ; throat crimson ; breast black, streaked 



with greenish blue yularis, p. 50. 



c. Outer aspect of quills green. 



c'. With no black line across the fore neck ; 

 under tail-coverts blue, not green. 

 f. Throat crimson or golden yellow ; chin 

 black or crimson, not white ; no white 

 on the cheeks. 



