T A B . LH.
U P U P A ERYTHRORYNCHOS.
C H A R A C T E R GENERICUS.
Roßrum arcuatum, convexum, fiibcompreffum, obtufiufculum.
Lingua obtufa, integerrima, triquetra, breviffima.
J°F<ÄJ ambulacorii. LIN. SYST. N A T . p. 183.
C H A R A C T E R SPECIFICUS, fee.
Upupa nigro-violacca, viridi nitens, rearicibus verfus apices macula utrinque alba, roftro
rubro.
Upupa viridi-atra, purpureo fplendens, Cauda cuneiformi, remigibus fex primonbus reftricibufque
latcralibus albo maculatis. LATH. IND. ORN. p. 280.
G E N E R I C CHARACTER.
Bill bowed, convex, fomewhat compreiTed, rather obtufe.
Tongue obtufe, perfectly entire, triquetrous, very (liort.
Feet formed for walking.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER, &c.
Violet-black Hopoe with a glofs of green; the tail-feathers marked on each fide towards the
tips w^ith a fpot of white; the bill red.
Red-billed Promerops. LATH. SYN. Suppl. p. 124-
THE genera of Upupa and Merops are fo nearly allied that it would not, perhaps, be difficult
to point out one or two fpecies which might with equal propriety rank under either genus.
In general the birds of the genus Merops are furnifhed with a ftronger and rather ftraitcr bill
tlian thofe of the genus Upupa; to which may be added, that a particular call: or habit of