BLUE-CHEEKED BEE-EATER. 165 



is different from the Merops Savignyi of Swainson, a 

 statement which it is impossible to admit for a moment. 

 The bird I have figured is in all particulars precisely 

 the bird described by Swainson as M. Savignyi, the 

 Blue-cheeked Bea-eater, "Birds of Africa/' vol. ii, p. 

 77, pi. 7. 



Figured by Le Vaillant, Hist. Nat. Promer, pi. 6 et 

 6 bis; Swainson, Birds of Africa, vol. ii, pi. 7; 

 Bonaparte, Fauna Italica, pi. 25, fig. 1. 



