MEROPS CYANOPHRYS 
BLUE-THROATED GREEN BEE-EATER. 
Phluthrus cyanophrys, Cab. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 137 (1859-60); Gray, Hand-1, of B. i. p. 100, no. 1212 (1869). 
Merops cyanophrys (Cab.), Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 203, pi. vi. (1869) ; Hartlaub, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 957. 
Merops cupreus, Ebr. in Mus. Berol. 
Heuglin, Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. pi. vi. 
Hab. Arabia, Senaar. 
Figura unica. 
Ad. supril lade psittacino-viridis : nucha vix rufescenti lavata : fronte, superciliis et gula pulchre turcino-cseruleis : 
loris et stria transoeulari nigris : corpore subtus viridi-cserulescente, supra et subcaudalibus magis can'uleis 
remigibus primariis in pogonio externo viridibus, et in pogonio interno rufescenti-cinnamomeis, et nigricanti 
fumoso apicatis : secundariis rufescenti-cinnamomeis, extus virescenti lavatis et nigro apicatis : cauda viridi, 
rectricibus centralibus elongatis. 
Juv. sordidior : gula viridi- caerulea : torque pectorali vix indicato : corpore subtus sordide viridi-albido : rectricibus 
centralibus nec elongatis. 
Adult (Gumfudde, no. 9389 : type). — Upper parts generally rich parrot-green, slightly washed 
with reddish on the nape and the fore part of the hack ; a narrow frontal line and a tolerably 
broad supercilium rich blue ; lores and auricular region black ; chin and throat brilliant blue, on 
the lower part of the throat crossed by a black band ; breast and underparts generally blue-green, 
fading on the under tail-coverts to dull bluish ; primary-quills green on the outer web and dull 
reddish on the inner web, tipped with dull blackish ; secondaries with the reddish colour brighter 
and extending partly over the outer web, all being broadly terminated with black ; inner 
secondaries and scapulars with the wing-coverts similar to the dorsal, feathers ; tail square, the 
two central rectrices extending nearly an inch beyond the rest ; rectrices green, narrowly margined 
on the inner web with dull rufous ; beak blackish, rather stout at the base and bowed ; legs 
brownish; iris red. Total length inches without beak, culmen l - 3, from nostril to tip Id), 
wing 3 '8, tail to tip of central rectrix A 2, tarsus 0 - 48. 
Young (Gumfudde, no. 9388). — Resembles the adult bird, but is much paler, the colours, 
especially on the upper parts, having a washed-out appearance; the blue supercilium is clearly 
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