410 COCCYGES. 



1998. Merops lafresnayii. 



Merops lafresnayii, Gudr. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 322: Finsch, 

 Trans. Z. S. vii. p. 225. 



a Abyssinia (Verreaux) 1850. 



Considered by Strickland to be the same as M. variegatus Vieill. 

 of W. Africa (Cf. Contr. Orn. 1851, pp. 135, 162). 



1999. Merops hirundinaceus. 



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



Melittophagus hirundinaceus, Strickl. & Scl. Contr. Orn. 

 1852, p. 154. 



Dicrocercus hirundinaceus, Gurney, in And. B. Damara-1. 

 p. 63. 



Merops furcatus, Stanley in Salt's Trav. App. p. 27. 



a W. Africa (Johnson) 1837. b. Damara-land (C. J. Anders- 

 son) 1852. 



2000. Merops erythropterus. 



Merops erythropterus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 464 : Strickl. 

 P. Z. S. 1850, p, 216. 



a W. Africa (Johnson) 1837. b $ Kordofan, 28 April (J. 

 Petherick) 1848. c (Arthur Strickland) 1850. 



2001. Merops bullocki. 



Merops bullocki, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. xiv. p. 13. 

 Spheconax bullocki, Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 134. 

 a S. Africa (Havell) 1839. b (Arthur Strickland) 1850. 

 A West- African species. 



NYCTIORNIS. 

 Nyctiornis, Swainson, Zool. 111. ser. 2, ii. pi. 56 (1831). 



2002. Nyctiornis amictus. 



Merops amictus, Temm. PI. Col. 310. 



Nyctiornis amictus, Sw. L s. c. : Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. 

 v. p. 91. 



a (Arthur Strickland) 1850. b Malacca (Argent) 1851. 



