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25. COSMETORNIS VEXTLLARIUS (Gould) : Sharpe, /. c. p. 89. Stand- 
ard-winged Nightjar. 
a. ^ (juv.) Victoria Falls, Zambesi, January 2, 1875. Iris dark 
hazel ; upper mandible and tip of lower one dusky, the base of the 
latter tlesh-colour ; legs dirty flesh-colour. Large winged ants and 
large beetle in stomach. 
Family Cypselid^. 
26. Cypselus APUS (L.) : Sharpe, t. c. p. 90. Common Swift. 
a. 2 (adult.) Between Sibanani and Tamasancha, December 9, 
1874. Iris hazel ; bill black ; legs and feet dirty flesh-colour, dusky 
towards the tips and on the claws. Flying ants in stomach. 
Family Meropid^. 
27. Merops apiaster, L. : Sharpe, /. c. p. 96. European Bee-eater. 
a. ^ Crocodile River, November 15, 1873. Iris crimson. 
6- ? (juv.) Inchlangin, about the beginning of December 1873. 
Iris pale crimson. 
c. ? (?) Hendrik's Vlei, December 18, 1874. Iris crimson; bill 
black ; legs brown ; claws whitish. 
28. Merops superciliosus, L. : Sharpe, /. c. p. 97. Blue-cheeked 
Bee-eater. 
a. $, b. $ Hendrik's Vlei, December 18, 1874. Iris crimson ; bill 
black ; legs brown ; claws whitish. In stomach large flying insects 
(? dragon-flies). 
29. Merops nubicoides. Smith: Sharpe,/. f. p. 99, pi. iv. fig. 2. Car- 
mine-throated Bee-eater. 
a. Daka River, January 20, 1875. Iris dark hazel; bill black; 
legs neutral tint, marked with greyish white ; claws dusky. Beetles, 
etc., in stomach. 
b. $ Geruah, January 24, 1875. Iris dark hazel ; bill black ; feet, 
legs, and claws, dark neutral tint ; legs and feet covered with whitish 
scales. Beetles, wasps, etc., in stomach, 
30. Merops bullockoides. Smith : Sharpe, /. c. p. 99, pi. iv. fig. i. 
White-fronted Bee-eater. 
a. Crocodile River, July 1873. Iris hazel. 
b. $ Crocodile River, November 9, 1873. I^'s hazel. 
31. Merops pusillus, P. L. S. Mull. : Sharpe, t. c p. 100. Little 
Bee-eater. 
a. Tati, March 24, 1874. Iris crimson ; bill, legs, and claws 
black. Stomach not at all muscular, containing remains of insects 
like beetles. 
b. Tati, March 24, 1874. Soft parts as above. Stomach contained 
winged insects. 
