306 APPENDIX. 



28. Merops SUPERCILIOSUS, L. ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 97. Blue-cheeked 



Bee-eater. 

 a. $,b. $ Hendrik's Vlei, December 18, 1874. Iris crimson ; bill 

 black ; legs brown ; claws whitish. In stomach large flying insects 

 (? dragon-flies). 



29. Merops nubicoides, Des Murs ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 99, pi. iv. fig. 2. 



Carmine-throated Bee-eater. 



a. Daka River, January 20, 1875. Iris dark hazel ; bill black ; 

 legs neutral tint, marked with greyish white ; claws dusky. Beetles, 

 etc., in stomach. 



b. £ Geruah, January 24, 1875. ^ ris dark hazel ; bill black ; feet, 

 legs, and claws dark neutral tint ; legs and feet covered with whitish 

 scales. Beetles, wasps, etc., in stomach. 



30. Merops bullockoides, Smith ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 99, pi. iv. fig. 1. 



White-fronted Bee-eater. 



a. Crocodile River, July 1873. ^ ris hazel. 



b. $ Crocodile River, November 9, 1873. Iris hazel. 



31. Merops pusillus, P. L. S. Mull. ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 100. Little 



Bee-eater. 



a. Tati, March 24, 1874. Iris crimson ; bill, legs, and claws 

 black. Stomach not at all muscular, containing remains of insects 

 like beetles. 



b. Tati, March 24, 1874. Soft parts as above. Stomach contained 

 winged insects. 



c. Tati, March 24, 1874. 



d. $ (?) Tati, March 26, 1874. Iris crimson. Stomach contained 

 remains of insects — winged, I think. 



32. Dicrocercus hirundinaceus (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 101. 



Swallow-tailed Bee-eater. 

 a. $ Near the Pandamatenga River, January 12, 1875. Iris 

 crimson ; bill black ; legs dark neutral tint ; claws black. Flying 

 insects in stomach. 



Family Coraciid^e. 



33. CORACIAS GARRULA, L. ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 102. European Roller. 



a. § [adult]. Tati, March 26, 1874. Extremely fat. Iris hazel, 

 darker round pupil, then light. 



b. Tati, March 28, 1874. Sex undeterminable, the bird being 

 apparently young. Very fat, as was the hen bird skinned before. 

 Stomach full of huge grasshoppers. 



34. CORACIAS N^via, Daud. ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 103. White-naped 



Roller. 

 a. $ (I believe). First Makalaka kraal, Zambesi road, August 

 24, 1874. Iris pale hazel (a dark ring round the pupil?) : legs dull 



