. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. MEEOPID^ MEROPS 57. Fig. 23.âWing of Merops nubicoides. x |. Key of the Species. A. Crown chestnut becoming cinnamon on the back M. a/piaater^ p. 57. B. Crown cinnamon-rufous, contrasting with the green back M. hoehvii, p. 61. C. Crown and back aUke green M. persicus, p. 59. D. Crown verdigris-green; back cinnamon M. nubicoides, p. 62. 405. Merops apiaster. European Bee-Eater. Merops apiaster, Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i, p. 182 (1766); Burcliell, Travels, i, p. 501 (1822) [Griquatown] ; Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. (2) ii, p. 319 (1834); Gri
. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. MEEOPID^ MEROPS 57. Fig. 23.âWing of Merops nubicoides. x |. Key of the Species. A. Crown chestnut becoming cinnamon on the back M. a/piaater^ p. 57. B. Crown cinnamon-rufous, contrasting with the green back M. hoehvii, p. 61. C. Crown and back aUke green M. persicus, p. 59. D. Crown verdigris-green; back cinnamon M. nubicoides, p. 62. 405. Merops apiaster. European Bee-Eater. Merops apiaster, Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i, p. 182 (1766); Burcliell, Travels, i, p. 501 (1822) [Griquatown] ; Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. (2) ii, p. 319 (1834); Grill, K. Vet. AJcad. Handl. Stochholm ii, no. 10, p. 46 (1858) [Oudtshoorn]; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 68 (1867); Ourney, Andtrsson''s B. Damaraland, p. 60 (1872); BucMey, Ibis, 1874, p. 363 [Bamangwato]; Sliarjpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 96, 804 (1875-84); Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 69 [Durban]; Oates, Matabeleland, p. 301 (1882) ; Holub §â Pelz. Orn. Siid-Afrihas, p. 65 (1882) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1884, p. 223 [Kustenburg]; Dresser, Monogr. Merop. p. 75, pi. 18 (1884); Ayres, Ibis, 1885, p. 242 [Potchefstroom]; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xvii, p. 63 (1892); Distant, Transvaal, p. 160 (1892) ; Marshall, Ibis, 1896, p. 241 [Sahsbury]; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. Ill (1896) ; Alexander, Ibis, 1900, p. 97 [Zambesi]; Marshall, ibid. p. 248 [Salisbury], "Berg zwaluw " { Mountain Swallow) of the Dutch. " Makwirok- wiro of Mashonas (Marshall). Description. Male.âForehead white, with a yellow tiuge, fol- lowed by a yellowish-green shade continuous with an eyebrow of the same colour on either side ; crown and mantle dark chestnut fading into cinnamon on the lower back and rump, green on the upper tail-coverts; the lesser wing-coverts green, the others and the outer secondaries chestnut, the primaries and inner secondaries green, all the quills tipped with black, all the tail-feathers green,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digit
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