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CAPE PROMEROPS. 



Proraerops Cafer. P. fuscus, subtiis albidus, pectore rufescente^ 



Cauda longissima. 

 Brown Promerops, whitish beneath, with rufescent breast and 



very long tail. 



Upupa Promerops, U.fusca, suhtus alba, pectore rufescente, uro» 

 pygio t'iridi-olivaceo, crisso luteo, rectricibus sex iiitermediis Ion- 

 gissimis. Lath, ind. orn, 



Upupa Promerops. Lin. Syst, Nat, Merops Cafer. Lin, Syst, 

 Nat. Miller Illustr. pi. 6 (femina.) 



Promerops. Buff. ois. PI. Enl. 637. ^t^d, et Viell. Prom, pL 4. 



Cape Promerops. Lath, syn. 



Length about seventeen inches : size that of a 

 lark : colour rufous brown, somewhat deeper on 

 the wings and tail : forehead whitish, and covered 

 with narrow feathers: throat white, with a narrow, 

 longitudinal, dusky streak on each side : under part 

 of the abdomen whitish, dashed with dusky streaks: 

 vent yellow : tail very strongly cuneated, as in the 

 Striped Promerops : bill about an inch and half 

 long, and of a black colour, as are also the legs. 

 In some, probably the males, the breast, as well 

 as the abdomen, is spotted, and the wings are 

 crossed by a narrow grey or whitish stripe. Na- 

 tive of Africa, and said to be a very common bird 

 about the Cape of Good Hope. 



