. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. MEBOPID^ DICROCERCUS 65 409. Dicrocercus hirundineus. Sioalloio-tailed Bee-Eater. Merops hirundineus, LicMenstein, Cat. rer. nat. rariss. p. 21 (1793). Merops hirundinaceus, Vieill. N. Diet. H. N. xiv, p. 21 (1817) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 70 (1867) ; id. Ibis, 1869, p. 72. Dicrocercus hirundinaceus, Gurney in Andersson's B. Damaratand, p. 63 (1872); Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 101, 805 (1875-84); Ayres, Ibis, 1878, p. 285 [Potchefstroom]; Oates, Matabeleland, p. 302 (1881); Holiib & Pclzeln, Orn. Siid-AfriTcas, p. 66 (1882); Marsh
. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. MEBOPID^ DICROCERCUS 65 409. Dicrocercus hirundineus. Sioalloio-tailed Bee-Eater. Merops hirundineus, LicMenstein, Cat. rer. nat. rariss. p. 21 (1793). Merops hirundinaceus, Vieill. N. Diet. H. N. xiv, p. 21 (1817) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 70 (1867) ; id. Ibis, 1869, p. 72. Dicrocercus hirundinaceus, Gurney in Andersson's B. Damaratand, p. 63 (1872); Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 101, 805 (1875-84); Ayres, Ibis, 1878, p. 285 [Potchefstroom]; Oates, Matabeleland, p. 302 (1881); Holiib & Pclzeln, Orn. Siid-AfriTcas, p. 66 (1882); Marshall, Ibis, 1900, p. 247 [Salisbury]. Dicrocercus hirundineus. Dresser, Monoyr. Merop. p. 99, pi. 22 (1884); Sharpc, Cat. B. M. xvii, p. 43, pi. i, fig. 1 (1892) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 110 ; Sowerby, Ibis, 1898, p. 571 [Fort Chiquaqua].. Fig. 25.—Tail of Dicrocercus hirundineus. x Description. Male.—Above, a bright golden-green; primaries and inner secondaries a faint chestnut edged with green and tipped with black ; rump and upper tail-coverts cobalt-blue, tail-feathers a little duller blue, the outer ones slightly washed with green, all 5 VOL. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stark, Arthur Cowell, d. 1899; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944. London, R. H. Porter
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