77 



PKOMEROPS CAFER 



(CAPE LONG-TAILED SUN-BIRD.) 



Merops cafer, Linn. S. N. i. p. 183 (1766) ; P. L. S. Miiller, S. N. ii. p. 248. no. 7, pi. 8. fig. 5 



(1773). 

 Upupa promerops, Linn. S. N. i. p. 184 (1766); P. L. S. Miiller, S. N. ii. p. 251. no. 2, pi. 8. 



fig. 7 (1773) ; Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 278. no. 5 (1790) ; Licht. Cat. Rer. Nat. Hamb. p. 23 



(1793); Bechst. Kurze Uebers. p. 173. no. 5 (1812); Lath, in Salt's Voy. Abyss, ii. p. 344 



(1816). 

 Le Promerops du Cap de Bonne Esperance, Buff. PI. Enl. vi. p. 516. 

 Promerops brim a ventre tachete, Buff. torn. cit. pi. 637. 

 Cape Promerops, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 692 (1782). 

 Certhia caffra, Gm. S. N. i. p. 484 (1788). 

 Le Promerops, Aud. et Vieill. Ois. Dor. i. p. 13, pi. 4 (1802). 

 Le Grand Sucrier ok Sucrier du Protea, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. vi. p. 139, pis. 287, 288 (1808) ; 



Sundev. Crit. om Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. p. 56 (1857). 

 Promerops cafer, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 143 (1811) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 97 (1847) ; Bp. 



Consp. Av. i. p. 410. no. 876 (1850); Eeichb. Handb. Scansorige, p. 352, no. 772, pi. 613. 



figs. 4094-96 (1854); Grill, Zool. Anteckn. pp. 11, 39 (1858); Pelzeln, Eeise Novara, i. 



p. 53 (1865); Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 109. no. 1338 (1869); Sharpe, Cat. Air. B. p. 36 



(1871). 

 Cinnyris longicaudatus, Vieill. N. Diet. xxxi. p. 510 (1819). 

 Nectarinia caffra, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 15 (1823). 

 Falcinellus griseus, Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. Meth. ii. p. 580 (1823). 

 Cinnyris capensis, Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 49 (1828). 

 Promerops capensis, Less. Traite, p. 322 (1831). 

 Ptiloturus cafer, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 104. no. 566 (1850). 

 Ptilurus cafer, Licht. Nomencl. p. 55 (1854). 

 Promerops coffer, Mull. J. f. O. 1855, p. 12 ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 74 (1867) ; Sharpe, Cat. 



Afr. B. p. 36 (1871); Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 70. 



6 ad. fronte straminea : dorso sordide brunnescente : cauda longissima. 



2 ad. mari similis, sed cauda, breviore distinguenda. 



Hab. in Africa meridionali. 



Adult Male. Upper parts, including the wings, dark brown, with broad pale edges to the feathers ; forehead 

 pale brown, the lanceolate feathers of the crown edged or tipped with brownish buff; the edges of the 

 feathers on the back of the neck slightly tinted with rufous, those on the back, scapulars, and wings 

 shaded with olive ; lower back and upper tail-coverts olive-yellow ; tail very dark brown, washed with 



