320 African Zoology. 



Far. 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. pi. 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. III. pi. 76. Le Vaill. pi. 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. Bill 

 and legs black. Length seven inches. 



Inhabits Senegal. 



Merops Bullockoides, Smith. Front greenish white; eyebrows 

 green; top of 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. 



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