556 Capt. G. E. Shelley on Birds 



Lamprocolius auratus, Hartl. Orn, W.Afr. p. 117. 



Lamprotornis amethystina, Heugl. J. f. O, 1863, p. 20. 



Lamprocolius auratus et var. orietitalis, Hartl. Abhandl. 

 Nat. Ver. Bremen, iv. 1874, pp. 57, 59. 



a, Lukoja : iris bright yellow. 



I have compared a good series of specimens from W, and 

 N.E. Africa, and they appear to me perfectly similar in mea- 

 surements and colouring. 



Miiller's description (/. c.) is a very good one, so I feel 

 bound to reject Gmelin's name, although in more general 

 use. 



78. Dendropicus lafresnayi. 



Dendropicus lafresnayei, Malh. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1849, 

 p. 533; Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 177. 



a. $ , Shonga : iris pale lake; bill and feet plumbeous. 



79. Merops nubicus. 



Merops nubicus, Gm. S. N. i. p. 464 : Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. 

 p. 41. 



a. ^ , b. ? , Shonga : iris red ; feet dark lead-colour. 

 c. $ , Rabba : ^' iris ochraceous. Flies in stomach '^ [Green- 

 shields) . 



80. Merops albicollis. 



Merops albicollis, YieiW. Nouv. Diet. xiv. 1817, p. 15; 

 Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 39. 



o- (S } ^- (S } ^- ^ > Shonga : iris red ; feet olive. 



81. Melittophagus bullocki. 



Merops bulocki, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xiv. 1817, p. 13. 



Merops bullockii, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr, p. 41. 



a. ? , A, Shonga : iris brown ; bill and feet black. 



82. Melittophagus pusillus. 



Merops pusillus, P. L. S. Miill. S. N. Suppl. 1776, p. 95. 

 Merops erythropterus, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 40. 

 a. ? , Shonga : iris scarlet ; feet blackish, 



83. CORYTHORNIS CYANOSTIGMA. 



Alcedo cyanostigma, Riipp. Neue Wirb., Vog. 1835-40, 

 p. 70, pi. 24. fig. 2. 



