AUSTRALIAN BEE EATER
MEROPS UKNATUS
M E R O P S ORNATUS.
AUSTRALIAN BEE-EATEK,
Variegated Bee-eater, Lath. Gen. Syn, Suppl. ii. p. 155, pi. 128 (1801).
Merops ornatus, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xx.iv (1801) ; Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. pt. I, p. 158 (1811) ; Stcph. in Shaw's
Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. 2, p. 78 (1825); Gould, B. of Australia, h", pi. 16(1810); Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 86 (1846);
Bljth, Cat. Mus. As. Soc. p. 51 (1819) ; Keichenb. Vog. Neuholl. i. p. 39 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. Gen. AT. i.
p. 162 (1850) ; Reichcnb. Mcropinoe, p. 08 (1852) ; Maegillivr. Narr. Voy. Rattles, ii. p. 356 (1852) ; Licht.
Nomcncl. Av. p. 66 (1854) ; G. R. Gray, P.Z. S. 1859, p. 155; Wallace, Ibis, 1860, p. 117; id. P.Z. S. 1862,
p. 3 3 8 ; Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Merops, p. 4 (1863); Rosenberg, J.f. O. 1864, p. 118; Gould, Handb. B. of
Australia, i. p. 117 (1865) ; Finscb, Neu-Guinea, p. 16 (1865); Pelicln, Novara Reisc, Vog. i. p. 50 (1865);
Ramsay, Ibis, 1866, p. 366; id. Ibis, 1875, p. 582; Salvador!, Ann. Mue. Civ. Gen. vu", pp. 65, 763 (1875) ;
Salvad. & D'Alb. ibid. p. 814 (1875) ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 105 ; Masters, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, i.
p. 47 (1877) ; Castleuau & Ramsay, torn. cit. p. 379 (1877) ; Ramsay, torn. cit. p. 589 (1877); D'Alh. Sydn.
Mail, 1877, p. 248 ; id. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. p. 12 (1877) ; Salvadori, Atti R. Ac. Sc. Tor. xiii. p. 312
(1878) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, ii. p. 179 (1878) ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 121 ; Twceddale,
Trans. Zool. S o c viiL p. 42 (1878); Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, iii. p. 263 (1879); Sharpe,
Journ. Linn. S o c , Zool. xiv. p. 686 (1879); Meyer, Ibis, 1879, p. 57; Layard, Ibis, 1880, p. 300; Ramsay,
Proc. Linn. Soc N . S. Wales, vii. p. 21 (1883).
Guêpier Thouin ou à longs brins, Levaill. Hist. Nat. Guep. p. 26, pl. 4 (1807).
Philemon ornatus (Lath.), Vicill. Nouv. Diet, xxvii. p. 423 (1818); id. Tabl. Eaoyol. et Method, p. 614 (1822).
Mountain Bee-eater, Lcwin, B. of Now Holland, pl. 18 (1821).
Merops melanurus, Vig. & Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 208 (1826) ; Lesson, Man. d'Orn. i. p. 87 (1828) j id.
Traite d'Orn. p. 238 (1831).
Merops thouini sen tenuipenn'ts, Dumont, Diet, des Sc. Nat. x i . p. 52, éd. Lcrrault (1821).
Merops thouinii, Miill. Verb. Land- eu Volkcnk. p. 138 (1839-M).
Merops aerulescens, Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 86 (1816).
Metitt'ip/wgus ornatus (Lath.), Reiehcnb. Meropinoe, p. 82 (1852).
Cosmaerops ornatus (Lath.), Cab. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 138 (1859-60); Gray, Hand-1. of B. i. p. 100, no. 1217
(1869).
Cosmaerops ca-rulescens, Gray, Haud-1. of B. i. p. 100, no. 1218 (1869).
Merops modestus, Oustalet, Assoc. Sc. de France, Bull. n. 533, p. 248 (1878) ; Salvadori, Atti R. Ac. Sc. Tor. mi.
p. 812 (1878).
Figurai notabilea.
Gould, B. of Australia, ii. pl. 16 ; Lcvaillant, Hist. Nat. Gulp. pl. 4 ; Reichenbach, Meropin*, pl. ccecxlvi. figs. 3233,
3234.
HAH. Popuasia, Moluccas, New Guinea, Australia. ^