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MEROPID^. 



b', c', d\ c? ad.; 



h^, (S ad. sk. 



i^,k',P. cjad.sk. 

 m°, n^, o'. c? ad. ; 

 J9',5'. 2 ad.sk. 

 r% s^ c? ? ad. sk. 

 <^. Steiuuui. 



South Andamans, Jan., Feb. 



(E. G. W. R.). 

 Aberdeen, S. A., April (IF. 



Davison). 

 Port Mouat, S. A., April ( W. D.). 

 Mount Harriet, S. A., Dec, 



March ( W. -D.). 

 Port Blair, S. A., July, Sept. 

 Irawady Eiver. 



Tweeddale Coll, 



Ilume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Dr. J. Anderson 



[C.J. 



3. MEROPS. T, 



Type. 



Merops, Linnmis, Si/st. Nat. i. p. 18:i (1766) M. apiaster. 



Mehttotheres, Reichertb. Hmidb., Merop. p. 82 (1852) . M. niibicus. 



Tephraerops, Reichenb. ^. c. p. 82 M. malimbicus. 



Melittophas, Reichenb. <. c. p. 82 M. bicolor. 



Aerops, Reichenb. ?. e. p. 82 M. albicollis. 



Phlothrus, Reichenb. <. c. p. 82 M. viridis. 



Blepharomerops, Reichenb. ^. c. p. 82 M. persicus. 



Cosmaerops, Cab. i^- Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 138 



(1860) M. ornatus. 



Bombylonax, Heine, J.f. O. 1859, p. 4j4 M. breweri. 



Archimerops, Hartl. Arch. f. ISfaturg. xxvi. p. 90 



(I860) M. breweri. 



Eange. Nearly the whole of the Old World. 



Key to the Sjjecies. 



A. With no chestnut on the under surface of the 



tail-feathers. 



a. Breast green or blue, of a dark or light 



shade. 



a'. Back and scapulars chestnut, as well as the 



wing's ; head purplish blue, like the breast 



and abdomen muelleri, p. 59. 



b' . Scapulars green or ochre-yeUow. 

 a" . Mantle chestnut, like the head. 



a'". Scapulars gi-een ; lower back, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts silvery cobalt ; 

 tail blue. 



«*. Head and mantle light bay bicolor, p. 60. 



6*. Head and mantle deep chestnut . . snmatranus, p. 61. 

 h'". Scapulars ochreous yellow, like the 

 lower back and rump ; upper tail- 

 coverts and tail green apiaster, p. 6.3. 



b'' . Mantle green. 



c'". Upper throat yellow, succeeded by 

 che.stnut. 

 c". No black on the fore neck ; tail 

 blue or gi-een. 

 a'. Tail green. 



a'^. Forehead, eyebrow, and cheek- 



sti-ipe blue ; head light green, persicus, p. 66. 



