M E R O P S P E R S I C U S.
BLUE-CHEEKED BEE-EATER.
Merops pérsica, Pallas, Reise Russ. Reichs, ü. Anh. p. 708 (1773) ; Keyscrl. & Blasius, Wirbel th. Eur. pp. xxxv
& 149 (1840) ; Von der Mühle, Ora. Gr. p. 32 (1844) ; C. L. Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 50 (1855) ; Bree, B. of
Eur. iii. p. 164 (1867) ; C. W. Wyatt, Ibis, 1870, p. 1 0 ; Schalow, J. f. O. 1877, p. 197.
Merops agyplius, Forsk. Dcser. Animal. Aves, p. 2 (1776) ; Lesson, Traité d'Om. p. 237 (1831) ; Gray, Gen. of B.
i. p. 86 (1816) ; Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 161 (1850) ¡ v. Müll. J. f. O. 1855, p. 9 ; Jerdon, B. of Ind. Í.
p. 200 (1862) ; Schlegel, MUB. Pays-Bas, Merops, p. 2 (1863) ; Tristram, Ibis, 1864, p. 433; Heugliu, Ibis,
1864,p.334; Gigboli, Ibis, 1865, p . 5 2 ; Montciro, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 9 6 ; Tristram, Ibis, 1866, p. 8 3 ; Dcghmd&
Gerb. Orn. Eur. i, p. 173 (1867) ; Layard, B. of S. Afr. p. 69 (1867); Bocage, Jörn. Ac. Sc. Lisb. ii. p. 134 (1867);
Gurncy, Ibis, 1868, p. 154; Bocage, Jörn. Ac. Sc. Lisb. vii. p. 339 (1870) ; id. op. cit. xiii. p. 66 (1872) ;
Salvadori, Ucc. d' Italia, p. 41 (1872) ; Hume, Stray Feathers, i. p. 167 (1873) ; Adam, torn. cit. p. 371 (1873) ;
Savi, Orn. Tosc. 2nd cd. i. p. 238 (1873) ; Hume, Nests & Eggs of Ind. B. p. 103 (1873) ; Sharpe, P.Z. S.
1874, p. 3 0 6 ; Hume, Str. Feath.iii. pp. 320,456 (1875) ; Bocage, J. f. 0 . 1 8 7 6 , p. 107; Butler, Stray Feathers,
vii. p. 181 (1878) ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1879, p. 446.
Guêpier sacigiiy, Lcvaill. Hist. Nat. Gucp. p. 30, pis. 6, 6 bis (1807).
Le Guêpier rousse-gorge, Lcvaillant, op. cit. p. 52, pl. 16 (1807).
Merops longieauda, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. riv. p. 15.(1817, c i Levaill.).
Merops superciliosus, Vieil!. Nouv. Diet. liv. p. 20(1817, nec Linn.); Lieht. Ven. Doubl, p. 13 (1823) ; Rüpp. Syst.
Uebcra. p. 23 (1845) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 197 (1869) ; Blanford, Gcol. Sc Zool. of Abyss, p. 321
(1870); J.H. Guraey,Ibis,1871,p.74; Reichenow, J. f. 0.1877, p. 2 1 ; Bocage, Orn. d'Angola, p. 87 (1881).
Merops savignyi, Audouin, Expl. somm. PI. Hist.Nat.de l'Egypte (1825, ex Levaill.); Crespón, Orn. du Gard,
p. 291 (1840); Malherbe, Faun. Orn. Sic. p. 141 (1843); Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 161 (1850); C L .
Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 50 (1855); von Müller, J. f. O. 1855, p . 9 ; Harth Orn. W.-Afr. p.39 (1857); Layard,
B. of S. Afr. p. 69 (1867).
Merops savignii (Aud.), Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. 2, p. 7 t (1825) ; Cuvier, Regne Animal, 2nd cd. i.
p. 412 (1829) ; Swainson, Classif. of B. ii. p. 333 (1837) ; Temm. Man. d'Orn. 2nd ed. iv. p. 619 (1810) ;
Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 86 (1846) ; Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 66 (1854) ; Gurncy, Ibis, 1861, p. 132 ; Montciro,
Ibis, 1862, p. 3 3 4 ; G. F. L. Marshall, Ibis, 1872, p. 203; Bocage, J. f.Orn. 1876, p. 407.
Merops pérsicas, Pall., Keys. & Blas. Wirbclth. Eur. p. 35 (1840); Schlegel, Rcv. Crit. p. 53 (1841); Gray,
G e n . o f B . i . p . 86(1846); Degland, Orn. Eur. i. p. 618 (1819); Blyth, Cat. Mus. As. Soc. p. 51 (1819);
Tristram, Ibis, 1859, p. 27 ; Lindermayer, V,ig. Gricchcnl. p. 45 (1860) ; S. S. Allen, Ibis, 1862, p. 359 ;
Wright, Ibis, 1864, p. 7 3 ; E. C. Taylor, Ibis, 1867, p. 5 0 ; Shelley, Ibis, 1871, p. 48; Wright, Ibis, 1874,
p. 2 3 7 ; Krüper, Gricch. Jahresz. iii. p. 191 (1875) ; Lacroix, Cat. Ois. Pyr. Franc, p. 273 (1875) ; Dresser,
B. of Europe, v. p. 165 (1877); Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 4 9 ; Scully, Ibis, 1881, pp. 48, 4 2 9 ;
Seebohm, Ibis, 1882, p. 210; Tristram, Ibis, 1882, pp. I l l , 417; Dixon, Ibis, 1882, p. 500.
Mephameroi.s savignyi (Aud.), Reiehenb. Mcropbue, p. 82 (1852) ; Gray, Hand-1. of B. i. p. 99, no. 1206 (1809).
Biephamtrops aajyptius (Forsk.), Beichcnb. ut supra (1852); Gray, Hand-1. of B. i. p. 99, no. 1205 (1869).
Merops trgyptiaca, Erhard, Fauna der Cycladen, p. 52 (1858).
? Merops chrysocercus, Cab. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 139 (1859-60); G. F. L. Marshall, Ibis, 1872, p. 203.