MEROPID^E, 71 



9. MEROPS NUBICUS. . The blue-headed Bee-eater. 



Merops imbicus Gmel. S. N. i. p. 464. 



Merops caeruleocephalus Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 274. 



Merops superbus Penn. Ind. Zool. Suppl. p. 33* 



PL enl. 649.; Nat. Misc. pi. 613.; Levaill Hist. Nat. Guep. 

 t. 3. ; Swains. B. of W. Afr. pi. 9. 



a. Western Africa Presented by Major Ricketts. 



b. Gambia. From Mr. Kendall's Collection. 



10. MEROPS NUBICOIDES. The black-eared Bee-eater. 

 Merops nubicoides O. Des Murs, Rev. Zool. 1846. p. 243. 

 a. (Africa ?). Presented by E. Wilson, Esq. 



2. MELITTOPHAGUS. 



Melittophagus Bole, Isis, (1828) p. 316. 



1 . MELITTOPHACUS ERYTHROPTERUS. The red-winged Bee-eater. 



Melittophagus erythropterus Boie, Isis, (1828) p. 316. 

 Merops erythropterus Gmel. S. N. i. p. 464. 

 Merops minutus Vieill. N. Diet (fHist. Nat. xiv. p. 18. 

 Merops minulus Cuv. Reg. Anim. (1829) p. 442. 

 Levaill. Hist. Nat. Guep. t. 17. 



a. Western Africa. Presented by Col. Sabine, R. A. 



b. Gambia. From Mr. Rendall's Collection. 



2. MELITTOPHAGUS VARIEGATUS. The North African Bee-eater. 



Merops variegatus Vieill. N. Diet. cTHist. Nat. xiv. p. 25. 

 Melittophagus variegatus G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 

 Kittl. Kupf. der Vog. t. 7. f. 3. 



a. Abyssinia. From Mr. Gould's Collection. 



b. Abyssinia. From the Frankfort Museum. 



1 3. MELITTOPUAGUS HIRUNDINACEUS. The swallow- tailed Bee- 

 eater. 



fiierops hirundinaceus Vieill. N. Diet. tfHist. Nat. xiv. p. 21. 

 Kjferops taiva Cuv. Reg. Anim. (1829) i. p. 442. 

 1 Merops chrysolaimus Jard. Sf Selby, III. Orn. pi. 99. 

 ^Merops furcatus Stanl. App. to Salfs Trav. p. Ivii. 

 [Melittophagus taiva Boie, Isis, (1828) p. 316. 

 Levaill. Hist. Nat. Guep. t. 8. 



a. South Africa. From Mr. Gould's Collection. 



