71 



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



Merops nubicus 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 Boie, Isis, (1828) p. 316. 



1. MELITTOPHAGUS 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. tfHist. 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, K. A. 



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



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



Merops variegatus Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xiv. p. 25. 

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

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



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



b. Abyssinia. From the Frankfort Museum. 



3. MELITTOPHAGUS HIRUNDINACEUS. The swallow-tailed Bee- 

 eater. 



Merops hirundinaceus Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xiv. p. 21. 

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

 Merops chrysolaimus Jard. $* Selby, III. Orn. pi. 99. 

 Merops furcatus Stanl. App. to Salt's Trav. p. Ivii. 

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

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



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



