52 MERoriD.f:. 



Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 101, no. 1224 (1869); Dresser, Monogr. 

 Mel-op. p. 133 (1885). 

 Spheconax buUocki, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 134 (1860). 



Adult. General colour above green, inclining to ruddy cinnamon 

 on the hind neck and sides of the neck ; wing-coverts and quills 

 green like the back, the primaries dusky blackish at the ends, all 

 the secondaries banded with black at the tips, with a subterminal 

 shade of bluish ; the innermost secondaries green, like the back, 

 with a spot of blue near the ends; centre tail-feathers olive-green, 

 washed with blue on the margins ; remainder of the tail-feathers 

 golden buff, chestnut along the inner webs, and banded with green 

 at the ends ; the outermost tail-feather green, with dusky inner 

 margins ; head green, like the back, slightly washed with emerald- 

 green ; lores, feathers round the eye, and ear-coverts black, with a 

 very narrow and indistinct line of green feathers below the latter ; 

 cheeks and throat crimson ; remainder of under surface from the 

 fore neck downwards cinnamon-buff, washed with olive-greenish ; 

 lower flanks, vent, and under tail-coverts deep blue, with a tuft of 

 silky white feathers on each side of the vent ; axillaries and under 

 wing-coverts fawn-colour, the edge of the wings green : " bill and 

 feet black ; iris brown " (TF. A. Forbes). Total length 8-5 inches, 

 cuhnen 1*4, wing 4, tail 3'5, tarsus 0-4. 



Hab. West Africa from Senegambia to the Congo, and N.E. Africa 

 from Sennaar to the Upper White Nile districts. 



a, b. Ad. sk. River Gambia (Sir A. Moloney). Shelley Coll. 



c. S ad. sk. Senegal (d'Einville). Riocour Coll. 



d, e. Ad. sk. Senegal. Sharpe Coll. 

 /. Ad. sk. Senegal. Shelley Coll. 

 g, h. Ad. sk. Shonga, R. Niger. Forbes Coll. 

 i. (S ad. sk. Langomeri, Equatorial Africa, Shelley Coll. 



Aug. 21 {Enmi Pasha). 



8. Melittophagus frenatus. 



Merops bullocki (nee V.), RUpp. Neue Wirb., Vog. p. 72 (1835-40) ; 



id. Si/st. Uebers. p. 24 (1845) ; Vierth. Naum. 1852, pp. 40-53 ; 



Eeic'henb. Handb., Merop. p. 78, Taf. 450. figs. 3250-51 (1852) ; 



Ifeugl. >Sgst. Uebers. p. 20 (1856); Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Merops, 



p. 8 (1863, pt.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. pt. i. p. 204 (1869, pt.); 



Finsch Sj- Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 188, note (1870). 

 Coccolarynx bullocki (wee V.), Reichenh. Handb., Merop. p, 83 



(1852). 

 Merops frenatus, Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 257 ; id. Orn. W.-Afr. 



p. 42 (1857) ; id. J.f. 0. 1861, p. 107 ; Heugl. J. f. O. 1864, p. 335 ; 



Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, vii. p. Ill (1881). 

 Spheconax frenatus, Cab. Se Heine, Mm. Hein. Th. ii. p. 134 (1860). 

 Melittophagus bullocki (nee V.), Anfin. Cat. descr. TJcc. p. 31 



(1864) ; Hnrtm. J.f. O. 1866, p. 204 ; Dresser, Monogr. Merop. 



pi. 32 (1885). 

 Melittophagus frenatus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 101, no. 1226 (1869) ; 



Peh. Sitz. zool.-hot. Ges. Wien, xxxi. p. 143 (1881). 



