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Le Grand Guepier vert et bleu a gorge jaune, Month, tom. cit. p. 502 (1779). 
Le Guepier a tete jaune, Month, tom. cit. p. 510 (1779). 
Merops congener, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 461 (1788) ; Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. pt. 1, p. 155 (1811). 
Merops chrysocephalus, Gmel. tom. cit. p. 463 (1788) ; Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. pt. 1, p. 176 (1811) ; Vieill. Nouv. 
Diet. xiv. p. 25 (1816). 
Le Guepier vulgaire, Levaill. Hist. Nat. Guep. p. 21, pis. 1, 2 (1807). 
Merops flavicans, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. pt. 1, p. 159 (1811). 
Merops apiarius, Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. viii. pt. 2, p. 173 (1825). 
Merops hungaria, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 146 (1831) ; id. Yogelfang, p. 50 (1855). 
Merops elegans, C. L. Brehm, Yogelfang, p. 50 (1855). 
Guepier vulgaire, French ; Abelharuco, Melharuco, Portuguese; Abejaruco, Spanish; Gruccione, Italian; Kirt-el- 
nahal, Maltese ; Schegagh, Arabic ; el Leeamoon, Moorish ; europaischer Bienenfresser , German ; Bleeder. 
Danish ; Bidtare, Swedish ; Tschur, Russian. 
Figures notabiles. 
D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 938; Werner, Atlas , Alcyons, pi. 1; Kjserb. Orn. Dan. taf. 13; Frisch, Vog. Deutschl. 
taf. 121, 122; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 14. fig. 1; Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 143; Sundevall, Svensk. 
Fogl. pi. 70. fig. 1; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 59; id. B. of G. Brit. ii. pi. 9; Bettoni, Ucc. Lomb. pi. 104; 
Dresser, B. of Europe, v. pi. 295. 
Ha a. Southern Europe, Africa, and South-western Asia. 
3 ad - su P r a saturate castaneus, scapularibus et dorso postico toto dilutioribus, fulvescentibus : fronte et super- 
ciliis alb is viridi-cyaneo lavatis : regione parotica et torque gutturali nigris : teetricibus alarum superioribus 
fere castaneis, minimis saturate viridibus : primariis viridibus, scapis brunneis, pogonio interno versus apicem 
nigricante : secundariis basin versus castaneis, apice nigricantibus, dorsalibus viridibus : cauda supra viridi, 
subtus gi’isea, scapis rufo-brunneis : gula genisque laete flavis : corpore subtus cyaneo-viridi, subalaribus 
fulvescentibus : rostro nigro : pedibus fuscis : iride rubra. 
Juv. supra sordidior, dorso postico et uropygio sordide cyaneo-viridibus, scapularibus cyaneo-griseis vix viridi 
tinctis : cauda magis cyanea, et rectricibus centralibus nec elongatis : gula sordide flava et torque gutturali 
vix indicato : corpore subtus sordide cyaneo-viridi. 
Adult male (Seville, 5th May). — Crown, hind neck, and upper part of the back deep chestnut, 
becoming paler on the back, the colour being deepest in tone on the crown ; a broad frontal band, 
extending over the eye, white at the base of the bill and otherwise pale bluish green ; back pale 
chestnut, much lighter on the rump ; upper tail-coverts very pale green ; primary-quills glossy 
blue-green, tipped with black ; secondaries chestnut, broadly terminated with black, the inner 
ones washed with bluish green, the elongated innermost secondaries being entirely bluish green ; 
longer and central wing-coverts chestnut, the smaller ones being bluish green ; scapulars creamy 
straw-coloured ; tail green with a bluish tinge, the two central rectrices elongated and attenuated ; 
a line passing below the eye and inclosing the ear-coverts and another across the lower throat 
deep black ; throat and cheeks rich yellow ; rest of the underparts glossy greenish cobalt, becoming 
paler on the abdomen and under tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts buff ; under surface of the tail 
blackish grey ; bill black ; feet pale reddish brown ; iris carmine-red. Total length about 10 
inches, culmen 1-6, wing 5'9, tail 5'0, tarsus 0’4i5. 
Adult female (Casa Vieja, 6th May). — Closely resembles the male, but is, if any thing, a trifle 
