38 NEAVE, Collection of Birds from N.E. Rhodesia. 



416. $ ad. Ndola, N.W. Rhodesia. September 30, 

 1905. 



Bill, black ; iris, red ;feet, dusky. 



Common everywhere, except during the height of the 

 rains. 



" Niandolansewe" of the Asenga, " Kalangombe " of 

 the Achawa and Nyasa tribes. 



I once watched one of these birds hawking Butterflies 

 for more than half an hour. He always returned to the 

 same perch. The majority of his captures consisted of 

 Hamanumida daedalus, with one or two Catopsilia florella. 



79. Melittophagus albifrons. 



Sphetonax albifrotis, Cab. and Heine., " Mus. Hein.," vol. 2, 



p. 133 (i860: South Africa). 

 Melittophagus albifrons, Sharpe, "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 17, 



P- 53- 

 Merops l?2illockoides, Smith; Bocage, " Orn. Angola," p. 93. 

 Melittophagus bullockoides, Shelley, Ibis, 1898, p. 555 (Lake 



Shirwa), Id., Ibis, 1901, p. 592 (Chickala) ; Reichen., 



"Vog. Afrikas," vol. 2, p. 311 ; W. L. Sclater, " Fauna S. 



Africa, Birds," vol. 3, p. 70. 



291. 9 ad. Bank of Loangwa. July 2, 1905. 



292. £ ad. Bank of Loangwa. July 2, 1905. 



535. £ ad. Bank of Loangwa. December 20, 1905. 



Bill, black ; iris, brown ; feet, blackish. 



In colonies on the sandy banks of the Loangwa. 



80. Merops apiaster. 



Merops apiaster, Linn., " Syst. Nat.," vol. 1, p. 182 (1766); 

 Bocage, " Orn. Angola," p. 86 ; Sharpe, " Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus.," vol. 77, p. 63; Shelley, Ibis, 1898, p. 380 (Zomba 

 Plains and Zomba), Id., Ibis, 1901, p. 592 (Angoniland) ; 

 Reichen., "Vog. Afrikas," vol. 2, p. 320; W. L. Sclater, 

 "Fauna S. Africa, Birds," vol 3, p. 57. 



