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neck, chesnut ; chin and throat, sulphur coloured ; 

 band, black. Java.* 



The Me. Congener. Aldr. I. 876. is not authen- 

 ticated. The Cafer, Gm. is Upupa Promerops. The 

 Brasiliensis of Seba, is probably a Troupiale. The 

 M. Monachus, Corniculatus, and Cyanops are thrushes. 

 M. Phrygius Cificinnatus, Cucukitus, Cyanops^ garulus, 

 Fasciculatus Carunculatus of Latham, appear to me to 

 be Philedons, and I have satisfied myself that most of 

 them are so. The M. Cinereus is a Soul- Manga with 

 a long tail. 



We should place near the bee-eaters certain birds 

 with a long tail and metallic plumage, placed hitherto 

 among the promerops, but of which the two external 

 toes are united nearly as much as in the bee-eaters. 



Red Billed Promerops. Promerops Moquem\ Upupa 

 ErythrorynchoSf Lath. The young with a black bill. 



Black with a red gloss in some lights ; white spot 

 on inner web of first six^quUls. Abyssinia. 



Namaquois Piwnerops. Prom. Namaquoisy VaiU. 



* To the above may be added, — 



Merops Javaniciis. Horsf. Lin. Trans. XIII. M. Melanurus. Vig. 

 and Horsf. M. Orientalis, M. CcerulescenSf M. AUnfrom, and M. Chryso- 

 cephalm of Latham, with other from the General History which are more 

 doubtful. Also, Guepier gris rose ; G. Sonini ; G. Adanson, and G. Ronge- 

 gorge, from Le Vaillant. 



