W H I T E F R O N T E D B E E E A T ER
MELITTOPHAGUS BULLOGKOIDES.
M E L I T T O P H A G U S B U L L O C K O I D E S.
WHITE-FRONTED BEE-EATER.
Merops bullockoides, Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. 2nd « r . part ii. p. 320 (1834); id. 111. Zool S Afr Arcs
pi. « . (1849) ; Kirk, Ib», 1864, p. 8 2 4 ; Layard, B. of S. Afr. p. 70 (1807) , Bocagc, J. Sc Ac L b ii'
p. 186 (18G7); .d. op. cit. v. p. 48 (1808) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 4 (1871), Buckley, Ibis, 1874, p. 303 - Bocagc
J. Sc. Ac. lush. xrii. p. 35 (1871) j id. J. f. 0 . 1870, p. 407 , Sharpe & Bouvier, Bull. Soc. Zool. de h France'
1878, p. 475 ; Ayres, Ibis, 1879, p. 289, Sharpe in Oatcs's Matabele Land, App. p. 301 (1881) , Boeage'
Orn. d'AngoIa, p. 93 ( 1 8 8 1 ) ; Sharpe in Layard's B. of S. Afr. p. 99 (1875-84).
Melittophagns bullockoides (Smith), Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 86 (1816); Bp. Consp. Gen. AT. i. p. 164 (1850) • Licht
Nomencl. Av. p. 06 (1854); Von Milller, J. f. O. 1855, p. 1 1 ; Ayres, Ibis, 1805, p. 265; Gray, Hand-1 of
B. i. p. 101, no. 1225 (1869) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1871, p. 150.
Merops bultockioides (Smith), Ileiclienbacli, Meropina:, p. 77 (1852).
Coccolarynx bullockioides (Smith), Reichenb. Meropina!, p. 83 (1852),
Spbeconax albifrons, Cab. Mus. Hcin. ii. p. 133 (1859-00).
Merops smithi, Schlcgcl, Mus. Pays-Bas, Merops, p. 9 (1863).
Merops albifrons (Cab.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 188 (1870); Giebel, The*. Orn. ii. p. 571 (1875).
Fignrtc notabiles.
Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr., Arcs, pi. i s . ; Reichcnbach, Meropina;, pi. ccecl. figs. 3218, 3219; Sharpe in Layard's B.
of S. Afr.pl. iv. fig. 1.
HAB. Southern Africa.
Ad. fronte, mento ct stria infraoculari alliis: nucha aurantiaco-ccrvinl: corpore supra cum alls et caudii piiltactno
viridihus: priniariis intimis mn>n>pieue nigro u|iicutis et Mriiudaiiis ijiittiiiia rlim;;atis e\eeptia) valde
nigro tcrminatis: loris enni stria magna per oculos ducttl nigrin : jugulo sanguineo: corporesuhtu? auratitincoccrvino
: crisso cum supril- ct subcaudalibus la:te azurcis : rostro ct pedibus nigris : iride coecinca.
Juv. ubiquc pallidior ct sordidior: jugulo pallidc rubro, ct crisso cum lubcaudalibui pallidc azurcis.
Adult male (JIakalaka Country).—Forehead silvery white; crown pale brownish, intermixed
with white; nape and hind neck pale orange-buff; upper parts generally, including the upper
surface of the wings and tail, rich parrot>green, slightly tinged with bluish green ; inner primaries
slightly and secondaries (excepting the elongated innermost ones) broadly terminated with deep
black; upper and under tail-coverts and erissum deep cobalt-blue; lores and a broad stripe
passing through and behind the eye deep black; chin and a broad stripe below the black stripe
pure white; throat bright scarlet; rest of the undcrparte warm golden buff, becoming blue on
the lower abdomen; biB and legs blackish; iris red. Total length about 86 inches,eulmen 105,
wing 4/G, tail 3*85, tarsus 0"58.