MELITTOPHAGUS LAFRESNAYEI. 
ABYSSINIAN RUFOUS-WINGED BEE-EATER. 
Merops variegatus, Riipp. Neue Wirbelth, p. 72 (1835, nec Yieill.) ; id. Syst. Uebers. p. 24, no. 100 (1845) ; Heugl. 
Svst. Uebers. no. 143 (1855). 
Merops lafresnayei, Guerin, Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 322; id. in Ferret & Galin. Yoy. Abyss, iii. p. 243 (1847) ; Brehm, 
Habescb, p. 210 (1863) ; Heugl. J. f. O. 1864, p. 355 ; id. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 206 (1869) ; Hartl. & Finsch, 
Orn. Ost-Afr. p. 192 (1870, footnote) ; Finsch, Trans. Zool. Soc. vii. p. 225 (1870) ; Blanf. Geol. & Zool. 
Abyss, p. 322 (1870). 
Merops lefebvrii, Des Murs, Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 243 ; id. Icon. Orn. pi. 34 (1816) ; Des Murs & Prev. in Lefebv. 
Abyss. Ois. pp. 83, 164, pi. v. (1850). 
Melittopliagus lafresnayi (Guer.), Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 163 (1850) ; Licbt. Nomencl. Av. p. 66 (1854) ; Yon 
Muller, J. f. O. 1855, p. 11. 
Sphecophobus lafresnayi (Guer.), Reichenb. Meropinse, p. 82 (1852) ; Gray, Hand-1, of B. i. p. 100, no. 1220 (1869). 
Figures notabiles. 
Ferret & Galin. Voy. Abyss. Atl. pi. 15; Des Murs, Icon. Orn. pi. 34; Lefebv. Abyss. Ois. pi. v. ; Reichenbach, 
Meropinse, pi. ccccxlvii. fig. 3239. 
Hab. The highlands of Abyssinia. 
Ad. supra psittacino-viridis, fronte et superciliis Lete ultramarinis : remigibus primariis viridibus intus versus basin 
pallide cinnamomeis : secundariis cinnamomeo-aurantiacis conspicue nigro terminatis et in apice ipso fusco- 
albido marginatis : rectricibus duabus centralibus viridibus, reliquis cinnamomeo-aurantiacis conspicue nigro 
terminatis et albido apicatis : stria transoculari nigra : gul& intense flava : torque pectorali late cyaneo, infra 
castaneo cinnamomeo marginato : abdomine reliquo rufescenti-aurantiaco : rostro nigro : pedibus fusco- 
cinereis : iride rubra. 
Juv. ( fide Heuglin) pallidior, supra magis cserulescens : gula flavicanti-albida, lateraliter purius alba : torque 
j ugulari cyaneo nuUo : pectore et epigastrio e cserulescenti-viridi adumbratis. 
Adult male (Senate, 12th May). — Forehead and a broad superciliary stripe rich turquoise- 
blue, the crown being also marked with the same colour ; rest' of the upper parts rich parrot- 
green ; primaries green, the basal portions of the inner webs golden orange ; secondaries golden 
orange, broadly terminated with black, narrowly tipped with brownish grey, and marked with 
green where the orange and black colours meet ; elongated innermost secondaries green marked 
with turquoise-blue ; central rectrices green like the hack, the remaining tail-feathers deep golden 
orange, broadly terminated with black and tipped with dull white ; a broad black band passes 
through and behind the eye ; chin and throat rich deep yellow, below which a rich blue hand 
