32 
J. f. Ora. 1855, p. 10; Hartlaub, Ora. Westafr. p. 40 (1857) ; id. J. f. Orn. 1860, p. 87; id. Faun. Madag. 
p. 32 (1861); Heuglin, J. f. O. 1860, p. 334; Sclilegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Merops, p. 6 (1863) ; Hartmann, 
J. f. 0. 1866, p. 202 ; Heuglin, Om. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 202 (1869) ; Gray, Hand-1, of B. i. p. 100, no. 1211 (1869) ; 
Finscli, Tr. Zool. Soe. vii. p. 224 (1870) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1871, p. 48. 
Merops indicus, Jerdon, Madr. Joum. ser. 1, xi. p. 227 (1840) ; Burgess, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 27. 
Merops ferrugeiceps, Hodgs. in Gray’s Zool. Misc. p. 82 (1844). 
Merops torquatus, Hodgs. in Gray’s Zool. Misc. p. 84 (1844). 
Merops luteus, Reiehenbacli, Meropinae, p. 75 (1852). 
Phlothrus viridissimus (Swains.), Reichenb. Meropinae, p. 82 (1852); Cab. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 137 (1859); Gray, 
Hand-1, of B. i. p. 100, no. 1211 (1869). 
Phlothrus viridis (Linn.), Reichenb. Meropinae, p. 82 (1852) ; Cab. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 136 (1859) ; Gray, Hand-1, of B. 
i. p. 99, no. 1210 (1869). 
Merops lamarcki (Cuv.), Strickland, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 216; Selater, in Jard. Contrib. Orn. ii. p. 124 (1854). 
Hurried, Patringa, Hind.; Bansputtee, lit. “Bamboo-leaf,” Bengal.; Chinna passeriJci, Tel., lit. “Small green bird” 
(Jerdon); Mo-na-gyee, Arracau (Blyth); Kurumenne kurulla, Sinhalese; Kattalan fcuruvi, Tamils in Ceylon 
(Legge). 
Figures notcibiles. 
D’Aubenton, PI. Enl. 259; Sonnerat, Yoy. Ind. ii. pi. 119; Levaillant, Hist. Nat. Guep. pis. 10, 11 ; Gould, B. 
of Asia, pt. vii.; Dresser, B. of Europe, v. pi. 297; Shelley, B. of Egypt, pi. vii. fig. 2. 
Hab. N. and N.E. Africa, Palestine, India, eastward to Cochin China. 
Ad. supra lsete psittacino-viridis, pileo et nucha vix rufeseente aureo tinctis : dorso imo, uropygio et scapularibus 
cum secundariis intimis viridi-cyaneo lavatis : remigibus intiis viridi-cinnamomeis, primariis nigro-fumoso et 
secundariis nigro terminatis, secundariis intimis dorso concoloribus : cauda sordide viridi, plumis in pogonio 
interno cinnamomeo tinctis, rectricibus duabus centralibus valde elongatis et angustatis : corpora subtus hete 
psittaeino-viridi : taenia transoculari et fascia jugulari angusta nigris : guise lateribus cseruleis, et gula cen- 
traliter vix cseruleo notata: abdomine cseruleo et viridi- cseruleo tincto: alis infra pallide fulvescentibus : 
rostro nigro : iride scarlatina : pedibus sordide plumbeis. 
Juv. vix sordidior et pallidior : gula magis viridi-fl ava et fascia jugulari angustiore. 
Adult male (Egypt). — Upper parts br il liant green ; crown and nape tinged with rnfescent 
golden ; lower back, rump, scapulars, and inner secondaries tinged with verdigris or blue-green ; 
quills rufous on the inner webs, and strongly tinged with green on the outer webs, the 
primaries dusky at the tips, and the secondaries, except the innermost, broadly tipped with black ; 
innermost secondaries like the back ; tail dull green, the inner edge of the webs dusky rufescent, 
the two central feathers much elongated; underparts bright green; a black band through 
the eye, and a collar on the lower throat black ; a line below the eye-band bright blue, and the 
throat and abdomen slightly tinged with blue and blue-green ; under surface of the wings bright 
rufous ; bill blackish ; iris crimson ; legs dull plumbeous. Total length about 11 inches, culmen 
0'95, wing 3 ’65, lateral tail-feathers 2 - 95, central tail-feathers 5 - 35, tarsus 0 - 45. 
Adult female (Egypt). — llesembles the male ; but the throat and underparts are green, and 
the line of blue below the black eye-band is narrow 7 . 
Young. — (Rather duller and paler than the adult, the throat pale yellowish green, and the 
collar on the throat smaller and less distinct ; the blue stripes on each side of the neck are 
wanting. 
