54 MEKOPID^. 



Achdt male. Similar to M. bullocJci, but distinguished by its blue 

 upper tail-coverts, and by the hoary white on the forehead, eyebrow, 

 chiu, and cheeks ; the tail also is green : " bill black ; feet dusky ; 

 iris dusky" {1\ Ayres). Total length 1) inches, culmen 1-4, wing 

 4-45, tail 4-5, tarsus 0-4. 



Young. Similar to the adults, but much duller in colour, the blue 

 on the upper and under tail-coverts not so pronounced ; the crimson 

 throat duller and not so extended, and the white of the cheeks 

 washed with greenish. 



Hah. South Africa from Natal to the Zambesi, and extending into 

 East Africa as far as Masai Land. 



a. Ad. St. Interior of S. Africa N. of 25°. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 

 h. Ad. sk. Natal. Sharpe Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Transvaal (7". ^y/'fs). Sharpe Coll. 



d, e. S ad. sk. Transvaal, July (7'. £.5mcZ;%). Shelley Coll. 



f. Ad. sk. Crocodile River, July {F. Oates). W. E. & C. G. Gates, 



Esqs. [P.]. 

 a. Juv. sk. Rustenberg. F. A. Barratt, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 A. cJ ad. sk. Rustenberg, June 11(7'. .r4y/Y«). Gurney Coll. 

 ir-o. Ad. sk. Makalaka Coimtry {Dr. Brad- Shelley Coll. 



shaiv). 

 p, q. Ad. sk. Zambesi Rizer. Sir J. Kirk [C.]. 



r, s, ^. Ad. sk. Rovuma River (J", ^ho^npson). Shelley Coll. 

 u, V. Ad. sk. Masai Land (J. Thompson). Shelley Coll. 



11. Melittophagus revoilii. 



Merops (Mehttophagus) revoilii, Oustalet i?i Revoil's Faun, et Flor. 



^omalis, Ois. p. 5, pi. i. ; id. Bibl. Ecole Set. Nat. xxxi. pt. 10, p. 4 



(1886). 

 Melittophagus revoilii, Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 398 ; Dj-esser, Monogr. 



Merop. p. 139, pi. 34 (1886). 



Adult. General colour above yellowish green, the lower back, 

 rump, and upper tail- coverts silvery cobalt, with a tinge of darker 

 blue on the latter ; wing-coverts green, washed with bluish green ; 

 quills dull green with dusky shafts, all the feathers also tipped with 

 dusky, and inclining to pale cinnamon near the base of the 

 inner web ; tail-feathers bluish green ; head brighter yellowish 

 green than the back, streaked with silvery blue, and showing a dis- 

 tinct blue eyebrow ; lores, feathers round the eye, and ear-coverts 

 black ; cheeks and throat white ; remainder of under surface of body 

 pale fawn-buff with an olive tint, and a tuft of silky white feathers 

 on each side of the vent ; under tail-coverts light cobalt-blue ; under 

 wing-coverts pale fawn-colour, the edge of the wing green. Total 

 length 6-5 inclaes, culmen 1-3, wing 3-1, tail 2-7, tarsus 0-4. 



Hah. Somali Land. 



a. Ad. sk. Somali Land (R Lorf rhillips). Shelley Coll. 



