MERULA. 
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tenuipennis Dumont, Diet. sc. nat. 52. == Merops ornatus Lath. 
Thouini Dumont, Diet. sc. nat. 52. = Merops ornatus Lath. 
Tormisi autor. = Merops hirundinaceus Vieill. 
torquatus Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 1844. 82. = Merops viridis Lin. 
typicus Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 1844. 82. = Merops philippinus Lin. 
urica Horsfield, Transact. Linn. Soc. 1822. XIII. 172. = Merops quinticolor 
Vieill. 
Vaillanti Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 161. = Merops superciliosus Lin. 
variegatus Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 390. — Merops angolensis Gmel. 
t iridis Linne, Syst. Nat. I. 182. — Sundevall, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1846. 
XVIII. 402. — Gould, Birds Asia VII. Tb. 1. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas 
Merops 6. [India. Ceylon. Java. 
Apiaster madagascariensis torquatus Brisson, Ornith. IV. 549. Tb. 43. Fig. 2. 
Guêpier à collier de Madagascar Buffon, PI. enlum. 740. 
Merops orientalis, M. torquatus, M. coromandus Latham, gener. Hist. IV. 
134. 135. 
Guêpier Lamark ou à gorge bleue Levaillant, Promér. Guêp. II. 39. Tb. 10. 
Merops Lamarki Cuvier, Règne anim. I. 442. 
Merops citrinella Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 392. 
Merops indicus Jerdon, Madras Journ. 1840. 227. 
Merops torquatus, M. ferrugeieeps Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 1844. 82. 
Phlothrus viridis Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 82. 
Merops luteus Scopoli, Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 75. 
Merops ßavicans GxMELIN, Syst. Nat. I. 462. ? — Willugby, Ornith. 91. 
Tb. 11. 
Bash botta. — Beneba. — Hurrial. — Putringa. — Mona gyi. — Bans 
putter. 
viridis var. y Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 461. = Merops superciliosus Lin. 
viridis Rüppell, Syst. Uebers. NOAfr. 24. =■ Merops viridissimus Swains. 
viridissimus Swainson, Birds WAfr. II. 82. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas 
Merops 6. — v. Heuglin, Ornith. NOAfr. I. 202. 
[Africa orient. Madagascar. 
Apiaster madagascariensis torquatus Brisson, Ornith. IV. 549. Tb. 42. Fig. 2. 
Merops aegyptius Lichtenstein, Verz. Doubl. 13. — Kittlitz, Kupfertaf. 7. 
Fig. 1. 
Merops viridis Rüppell, Syst. Uebers. NOAfr. 24. 
Phlothrus viridissimus Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 82. 
Merops Lamarki Jardine, Contrib. Ornith. 1852. 124. 
MERULA Möhring, Avium Genera 1752. 84. = Momotus Briss. 
Rostrum compressum, parum falcatum, marginibus serratis. Juguli medii 
fasciculus pennarum quatuor, longius prominentium. Rectricum binae mediae longis- 
simae, dimidio nudae, ad extremum plumosae. Digiti antici très, posticus unus. 
Spec: Guira Guainumbi Marcgr. 
MERULA rosea Brisson, Ornith. n. 250. = Pastor roseus Tem. 
MERULA (Turdinae. — merula nom. propr.) Leach, Catal. brit. Mus. 1816. — 
Lesson, Traité Ornith. 407. — Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 232. = Turdus Lin. 
Bill moderate, straight; the culmen slightly curved; the tip distinctly notched, 
the gap slightly bristled. Wings lengthened, pointed; the first quill spurious; the 
second a little longer than the third, which is longest. Tail moderate, nearly 
even. Feet moderately long. Lateral toes almost equal, but the inner rather the 
shortest. Tarsal scales entire, smooth. 
albocincta Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1847. XVI. 148. = Turdus albo- 
ductus Royle. 
alpestris Brehm, Vögel Deutschi. 378. = Turdus torquatus Lin. 
alticeps Brehm, Vögel Deutshl. 373. = Turdus merula Lin. 
atrosericea de Lafresnaye, Rev. Mag. Zool. 1848. 3. = Turdus atrosericeus 
Sclat. 
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