320 African Zoology. 
Var. Front,eyebrows, and line from base of lower mandible, 
white or green-white ; upper parts, particularly head and neck, 
dull brown-green ; breast light olive-green ; belly light green, 
palest towards vent. 
Inhabits Madagascar. 
Merops Savignii, Le Vaill. pl.6. Merops superciliosus, Lin. ? 
Obs. A variety of this species occurs in India and Java, with the rump, 
vent, tail, eyebrows, aud stripe under eyeband, light blue, the upper 
parts olive-green; the belly light green. 
Merops Cuvierii, Le Vaill. Front, eyebrows, and throat, 
white; top of head, eye-band, and middle of throat, black ; 
neck, above rufous-green; interscapulars and shoulders green ; 
scapulars blue-green; outer vanes of quill feathers olive-brown, 
inner vanes rufous green, all tipt with black. Back, rump, 
tail, and a transverse bar below, black; of throat, blue-green ; 
breast and belly greenish white ; vent light blue ; two centre 
tail feathers longest,and narrow towards points,where they are 
of a black colour. Bill black. Length to tip of tail eleven 
inches. 
Inhabits Senegal. 
Merops Savignii, Swain. Zool. Ill. pl. 76. Le Vaill. pl. 9. 
**& With the tail even. 
Merops Bullockii. The upper parts of the head, back, 
shoulders, rump, and tail coverts, green ; back and sides of neck 
rufous-green ; wing feathers green ; the primaries faintly and 
the secondaries distinctly tipt with black. Eye-band black ; 
throat red; breast and belly rufous-green ; vent and under tail 
coverts dark blue. Tail even, two centre feathers green. Biull 
and legs black. Length seven inches. 
Inhabits Senegal. 
Merops Bullockoides, Smith. Front greenish white ; eyebrows 
green; topof head and back of neck, pale chesnut, clouded with 
green; back, shoulders, wings, and tail, dark green ; the secon- 
dary quill feathers broadly tipt with black; eye band black, 
edged below with white; throat red; breast and belly rusty 
olive-green; rump, vent, and under tail coverts, deep blue. Bill 
and legs black; tail even. Length eight inches. 
Inhabits South Africa. 
Obs. This may be only a variety of the former, or the opposite sex. 
(To be continued.) 
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