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Subfam. PROMEROPIDOE. 
Genus Promerops, Briss. 
Pro, erythrorhynchus. Africa . 
Genus Upupa, Linn. 
* Up. Epops. Britain. 
Genus Epimachus, Cuv. 
Epim. superbus. Africa. 
Subfam. PARADISIADCE. 
Genus Ptiloris (1), Swain. 
Ptil. paradiseus, Austr. 
Genus Paradisea, Swain. 
Para, rubra- Indian Islands. 
Genus Cicinnurus, Vieill. 
Cicin. regius. Indian Islands. 
Genus Parotia, Vieill: 
Par. sexsetacea. Indian Arch. 
Genus Lophorina, Vieill. 
Lop. superba. India . 
Tribe FISSIROSTRES. 
Fam. MEROPIDOE. 
Genus Merops, Linn. 
* Mer. Apiaster. Britain and Europe. 
Genus Nyctiornis, Swain. 
Nyc. Athertoni. India. 
(1) Although the G. Ptiloris is here placed among the Paradisiadce , 
its affinities to Epimachus are so strong as to render it far from im- 
probable that a stricter analysis, and better acquaintance with these 
hitherto little known groups, will place it among the Promeropidoe, 
rendering it the connecting link between Promeropidoe , Melliphagide , 
and Paradisiadce „ 
The types of the Paradisiadoe are given with doubt, as their 
rarity and the difficulty of obtaining unmutilated specimens has hither- 
to prevented a proper analysis of the group. 
