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COCCYGES. 
1998. Merops lafresnayii. 
Merops lafresnayii , Gudr. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 322:Finsch, 
Trans. Z. S. vii. p. 225. 
a Abyssinia ( Verreaux ) 1850. 
Considered by Strickland to be the same as M. variegatus Vieill. 
of W. Africa {Cf Contr. Orn. 1851, pp. 135, 162). 
1999. Merops hirundinaceus. 
Merops hirundinaceus , Vieill. N. Diet. d’Hist. N. xiv. p. 21. 
Melittophagus hirundinaceus , Strickl. & Scl. Contr. Orn. 
1852, p. 154. 
Dicrocercus hirundinaceus , Gurney, in And. B. Damara-1. 
p. 63. 
Merops fur catus, Stanley in Salt’s Trav. App. p. 27. 
a W. Africa (Johnson) 1837. —-6. Damara-land ( G '. J. Anders - 
son ) 1852. 
2000. Merops erythropterus. 
Merops erythropterus , Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 464 : Strickl. 
P. Z. S. 1850, p, 216. 
a W. Africa {Johnson) 1837. — b f Kordofan, 28 April (J. 
Petherick) 1848. — c ( Arthur Strickland) 1850. 
2001. Merops bnllocki. 
Merops bullocki , Vieill. N. Diet. d’Hist. N. xiv. p. 13. 
Spheconax bullocki, Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 134. 
a S. Africa ( Havell ) 1839. — b {Arthur Strickland) 1850. 
A West- African species. 
Nyctiornis. 
Nyctiornis, Swainson, Zool. 111. ser. 2, ii. pi. 56 (1831), 
2002. Nyctiornis amictus. 
Merops amictus, Temm. PI. Col. 310. 
Nyctiornis amictus, Sw. 1. s. c . : Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov, 
v. p. 91. 
a {Arthur Strickland) 1850. — b Malacca {Argent) 1851. 
