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COCCYGES. 
Irrisor aterrimus , Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 10. 
Promerops pusillus, Sw. B. W. Afr. ii. p. 120. 
a Africa (Bt at Stevens’s ) 1845. 
1987. Irrisor cyanomelas. 
Falcinellus cyanomelas , Yieill. N. Diet. d’Hist. N. xxviii. 
p. 164. 
Irrisor cyanomelas , Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 10: Gurney, in 
And. B. Damara-1. p. 67. 
Phinopomastes cyanomelas , Strickl. & Scl. Contr. Orn. 1852, 
p. 155. 
a, — b Damara-land (G. J. Andersson) 1852. 
FAMILY. — MEROPIDiE. 
Merops. 
Merops , Linnseus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 182 (1766). 
1988. Merops apiaster. 
Merops apiaster, Linn. 1. s. c Dresser, B. Eur. 
a Tuscany ( C . Passerini) 1835. — b (Arthur Strickland) 
1850. 
1989. Merops segyptius. 
Merops cegyptius, Forsk. Fauna Arab. No. 2. 
a , — b Egypt (J. F. Brandt) 1842. — c River Gambia (. Arthur 
Strickland) 1850. — d ( Arthur Strickland) 1850. 
1990. Merops philippinus. 
Merops philippinus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 183: Strickl. P. Z. S. 
1842, p. 167: Wald. Trans. Z. S. ix. p. 149. 
Merops philippensis, Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 207. 
a Indian Archipelago (Askew) 1833. — -b $ Nepal (W. J. E. 
Boys) 1848. — c (Arthur Strickland) 1850. 
1991. Merops sumatranns. 
Merops sumatranus, Raffl. Trans. L. S. xiii. p. 294: Wald. 
Trans. Z. S. ix. p. 151, pi. 26, f. 2. 
Merops bicolor, Gm. Auctt. partim. 
a, — b Malacca ( Capt . Nash ) 1837. 
