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it a rufous patch, the feathers all margined with blue, under wing 
coverts white, all the remainder of the under surface, and under 
tail-coverts white, bill black, a triangular patch of white at the 
base of the lower mandible, feet brownish. Wing 3,6—3,7; tail 
2,7—2,8; tarsus 0,55 inches. 
Hab.: Solomon Islands. 
236. Sauromarptis cyanophrys. 
T. Salvadori, Atti R. Acc. Sc. Torino. Vol. 16. Mai 1881. 
p. 621. 
Pileo, genis, auricularibus et cervice nigris, ochraceo macu- 
latis; interscapulio ochraceo, nigro transfasciato ; plumis regionis, 
superciliaris, a naribus ineipientibus et postice ad colli latera 
ductis, caerulescente marginatis; scapularibus nigris; dorso, uro- 
pygio et supracaudalibus laete caeruleis; gastraeo rufo-ochraceo, 
sula rufescentiore, pectoris plumis tenuissime fusco limbatis; alis 
fuseis, tectrieibus superioribus laete et late caeruleo marginatis; 
remigibus exierius caeruleo-virescentibus, intus basin versus rufis, 
subalaribus concoloribus, fusco variis; cauda supra saturate caerulea, 
subtus nigra; rostro supra nigro, ‚subtus flavido; pedibus fuseis. 
L. t. 0,310; al. 0,165; caud. 0,115; rostri 0,040; tarsi 0,021 m. 
Obs.: Diftert a 8. tyrone aruensi taenia superciliari caerules- 
cente, gastraeo rufescentiore et saturatiore, rostroque paulla 
breviore. 
Hab.: Nova Guinea. | 
Fam. MEROPIDAE. 
237. Merops Böhmi. 
Ant. Reichenow, Ornith. Centralbl. 7. Jahrg. 1882. No. 7 
p. 62. 
 Fronte, vertice et gula rufis, hac dilutiore; stria per oculum 
dueta nigra, parte postoculari subtus linea dilute azurea limbata; 
corpore, alis caudaque viridibus, caudae apice nigra; subalaribus 
et remigum margine interiore dilute cinnamominis; rostro et pedibus 
nigris; iride rubra. Long. 180, ala 80, cauda 80, rostrum a rietu 
33 Mm. Ü 
Hab.: Bumi (Afriea orientalis). 
238. Merops Dresseri. 
G. E. Shelley, Pr. Z. S. 1882. p. 303. pl. 16. fig. 1. 
Crown and nape fawn colour, the tips of the feathers slightly 
washed with greenish yellow; remainder of the upper parts green; 
the basal portion of the inner margins of the quills pale fawn 
colour; the primaries have the remainder of their inner margins 
and their ends dusky black; the secondaries are rather broadly 
tipped with black, with the exception of the inner feather, which, 
like the longer scapulars and upper tail coverts, is washed with 
blue towards its end; two centre tail-feathers green, gradually 
shading into black on their long narrow ends, which are slightly 
widened at the tips; remainder of the tail square, the feathers with 
broad black end, narrowly tipped with white on the outer ones, 
