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4. Merops americanus americanus P. L. 5. Miller. 
Merops americanus P, L. S. Miller, Syst. Nat. Suppl. p. 95 (1776) (ex Buff. Daubenton, Isle de France); locality 
erroneous. 
: Merops bicolor Boddaert, ‘Vabl. Enl. p 15 (1783) (ex Daubenton, same locality); cf. Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 
Mus. Vol. 17, p. 60 (1892). ' 
Merops badius Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Vol. 1 
. p- 462 (1788) (ex Brisson et Daubenton : 
Senegal), partim. 
: Francie insula, ad fluv. 
Merops castaneus Latham, Ind. Ornith. Vol. 1, p. 273 (1790) (ex Brisson et Daubenton ; same locality), partim. 
Merops hypoglaucus Reichenbach, Handb. Merop. p. 76 (1852) (« angebl. aus Ostindien »), juv. 
Fig. notab, Daubenton, Pl Enl. pl. 252; Brisson, Ornith. Vol. 4, p. 43, f. 2 (1760) (« Petit Guespier 
des Philippines »); Dresser, Monogr. Merop. pl 7 (1884). 
Hab. Confined to the Philippine Archipelago. 
5. Merops americanus sumatranus Kaftles. 
Merops sumatranus Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. Vol. 13, p. 294 (1821) (Sumatra) ; cf. Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 
Mus. Vol. 17, p. 61 (1892). 
Merops cyanopygins Lesson, Traité d’'Ornith. p. 238 (1831)(Patr.non indic.;ex « Sumatra and Java », fide Pucheran, 
Rev. Mag. Zool. p. 391 (1853). 
Merops rochechowardi Heude, Ann. Sc. Nat. Zool. p. 39 (1873) (teste Dres er). 
Fig. Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. Vol. 9, pl. 26. f. 2 (1875); Dresser, Monogr. Merop. pl. 6 (1884). 
Hab. From Southern China to Cochin China and Siam, the Malay Peninsula, Java, Sumatra and 
Borneo. 
6. Merops ornatus ornatus Latham. 
Merops ornatus Latham, Ind. Ornith. Suppl. p. XXXV (1801) (Nova Hollandia); cf. Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 
Mus. Vol. 17, p 74 (1894). 
Merops tenuipennis ou M. Thonini Dumont, Dict. Sc. Nat. (Levrault), Vol. 20, p. 52 (1821) (ex Levaillant, local. 
correct. : « Aux Terres Australes », 
Merops melanurus Vigors & Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc, Lond. Vol. 15, p. 208 (1826) (« Conflux of Grose and 
Hawkesbury Rivers, Australia»). 
Merops modestus Oustalet, Bull. Assoc. Fr. p 248 (1878). 
Fig. Latham, Gen. Syn. Suppl. 2 pl. 128 (1801); Levaillant, Hist. Nat. Guép. pl. 4 (1807): Lewin, Nat. 
Hist. Birds N.S. Wales, pl. 2 (1822); Gould, Birds Austr. Vol. 2, pl. 16 (1840); Reichenbach, Handb. 
Merop. pl. 446, ff. 3233, 3234 ‘ca. 1852); Dresser, Monogr. Merop. pl. 14 (1884); Meyer & Wigles- 
worth, Birds Celebes, pl. 8, f. 13 (tail). 
Hab. Australia, the Papuan Islands and Moluccas to Celebes, Timor, Flores and Sumba 1). 
7. Merops superciliosus superciliosus Linneus. 
Merops superciliosus Linneus, Syst. Nat. Vol. 1, p. 183 (1766) (Madagascar); cf. Sharpe Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 
Vol. 17, p. 70 (1892). 
Merops rvuficapillus Vieillot, Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. Vol. 14, p. 23 (1817) (« passe par la Caffrérie »). 
Merops vaillantii Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Avium, Vol. 1, p. 161 (1950) (ex Madagascar). 
Fig. notab. Brisson, Ornith. pl. 62, fig. (1760); Daubenton, Pl. Enl. pl. 259; Levaillant, Hist. Nat. 
Guép. Vol. 3, pl 19 (1807); Dresser, Monogr. Merop. pl. 17 (1884). 
Hab. Madagascar and adjacent islands; occurring also in various parts of the African continent. 
8. Merops superciliosus donaldsoni Oberholser. 
Merops superciliosus donaldsoni Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. Vol. 27, p. 737 (1904) (Somali Land). 
Hab. Somali Land (Fanole, Dawa River, Umfudu) and British East Africa. 
g. Merops superciliosus persicus Pallas. 
Merops persicus Pallas (part. Synon, M_ superciliosus), Reise Russ. Reichs, Vol. 2, Anhang, p. 708 (1773) (mare Casp., 
Gurjevac); cf Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 17, p. 66 (1892). 
Merops aegyptius Forskal, Descr. Animal. Aves p. 
2 (1775) (Egypten). 
Merops ruficollis Vieillot, Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. Vol. 14, p. 22 (1817) (« Egypte »). 

1) The form 1/, sumbaensis A. B. Meyer (Sitzungsber. Ges. Isis Dresden, 1884, pp. 6, 19), typ. local. : Sumba, cannot 
be maintained on account of the colour-differences mentioned by its describer (viz. more bluish on the breast and less 
brownish suffusion on the head), but it seems that Australian specimens are rather larger. The species is, moreover, very 
likely to be only a winter visitor to the island of Sumba. 
