48 MP.r.oriiij.. 



k-o. Ad. sk. Accra, Feb. ('/'. E. Buvk- 



lexj Si G. K S.). 



p. Ad. sk. Shonga, R. Niger. 



q. 2 ad. sk. Shonga. 



/•, .<!. Ad. sk. Bejook, Bogos-Land, July 



( W. Jesse). 



t. Ad. sk. Anseba River {Esler). 



u. S ad. sk. Bara, Kordofan (7£ 



Petherick). 



Shelley Coll. 



Capt. M. Ferrvmau [P.]. 

 W. A. Forbes* P>q. | P.]. 

 Sharpe and Tweeddale 



Colls. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 Jardine Coll. 



3. Melittophagns cyanostictus. (Plate I. fig. 3.) 



Merops collaris [nee V.), Kitfl. Kupf. Vof/. p. o, pi. 7. fig. 2 (1832). 



Merops piisillus {nee Midi), Sharpe, P. Z. 8. 1873, p. 712; Nichol- 

 son, P. Z. S. 187S, p. 35.5 ; Giiniey, Ibis, 1872, p. 72. 



Melittophagns cyanostictus. Cab. J. f. O. 1875, p. 340; id. J. f. O. 

 1878, p. 235 ; 'Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. i. p. 3G0 (1884) ; Shelley, 

 Ibh, 1888, p. 286. 



Merops miuutus, Fischi'r fy Reichen. J. f. O. 1878, p. 256. 



Melittophagns pusillus (nee Midi.), Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 56ft ; 

 Tristr. Ibis, 1889, p. 225. 



]\lelittophagus pusillus cyanostictus, Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 898. 



Merops cyanostictus. Oust. Bihl. Hunt Etudes, xxxi. art. 10, p. 4 

 (1886) ;" Eeichen. J.f. O. 1887, p. 61 ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 358. 



? Merops cyanostictus," i?<>/c/ic«. J.f. 0. 1887, pp. 305 (Leopoldyille), 

 308 (Kassongo). 



Adult male. Similar to J/. p%isiUus, but haying a blue frontal 

 band, which is extended oyer the eye: "bill black; feet dusky ; 

 iris red" (0. Antinori). Total length (J-4 inches, culmeu 13, wing 

 3-45, tail 2-8, tarsus 0-35. 



Hah. East Africa, extending from the Zanzibar district north to 

 Shoa, and westwards into the interior. The westward range is 

 uncertain, as the birds from the Congo region are probably M. 

 meridionalis. 



a, b. Ad. sk. 



c. S ad. sk. 



d. S ad. sk. 

 e,f. Ad. sk. 

 g, h,i. Ad.sk. 

 k, I. Ad. sk. 

 m, n. (S ad. sk. 

 o, J). Ad. sk. 



q. Ad. sk. 



Shoa (Sir W. Harris). 



Daimbi, Sboa, Noy. (O. 

 Antinori). 



N'dara, Teita, Aug. 



IMombasa. 



^Mombasa ( Wakejield). 



l^amn (Sir J. Kirk). 



Lamu, Jan. 



Dar-es-Salaam {E. C. Bur- 

 ton). 



Meliodi (<SV;- J. Kirk). 



India Museum. 

 Shelley Coll. 



H.C.V. Hunter, Esq. [P.]. 

 Rev. A. F. Buxton [P.~ 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.' 

 Shelley Coll. 

 F. J. Jackson, Esq. [P.l. 

 ShelJey Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



4. Melittophagns variegatus. 



Le Guepier a collier gros-bleu ou le Guepier Sonnini, Levaill. Hist. 



IS'at. Guepiers, iii. p. 33, pi. 7 (1807). 

 Merops yariegatus, Tivill. K. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xiv. p. 25 (1817) ; 



Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. n. 39 (1857) ; Cass. Proc. Phi. ad. Acad. 



1859, p. 34 ; HarU. J.f. O. 1861, p. 106 ; Eeichen. J.f. O. 1875, 



p. 18; Socage, Orn. Angola, p. 91 (1877). 

 Melittophagus sonninii, i?o/c, 7s/.s, 1828, p. 316 (<".*■ Levaill.); Bp. 



