. The birds of South Africa. Birds. MEKOPIDiE DIOKOCBEOUS 65 409. Dicrocercus hirnndineus. Swallow-tailed Bee-Eater. Merops hirundineus, Liohtenstein, Oat. rer. nat. rariss. p. 21 (1793). Merops hinmdinaoeus, Vieill. N. Diet. H. N. xiv, p. 21 (1817) ; Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 70 (1867); id. Ibis, 1869, p. 72. Dicrocercus hirundinaceus, Ourney in Andersson's B. Damaraland, p. 63 (1872); Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. 8. Afr. pp. 101, 805 (1875-84); Ayres, Ibis, 1878, p. 285 [Potchefstroom]; Oaies, Matabeleland, p. 302 (1881); Holub S PclzeU, Orn. 8ud-Afrilcas, p. 66 (1882); Marshall, Ibis, 1900, p. 247 [
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. MEKOPIDiE DIOKOCBEOUS 65 409. Dicrocercus hirnndineus. Swallow-tailed Bee-Eater. Merops hirundineus, Liohtenstein, Oat. rer. nat. rariss. p. 21 (1793). Merops hinmdinaoeus, Vieill. N. Diet. H. N. xiv, p. 21 (1817) ; Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 70 (1867); id. Ibis, 1869, p. 72. Dicrocercus hirundinaceus, Ourney in Andersson's B. Damaraland, p. 63 (1872); Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. 8. Afr. pp. 101, 805 (1875-84); Ayres, Ibis, 1878, p. 285 [Potchefstroom]; Oaies, Matabeleland, p. 302 (1881); Holub S PclzeU, Orn. 8ud-Afrilcas, p. 66 (1882); Marshall, Ibis, 1900, p. 247 [Salisbury]. Dicrocercus hirundineus, Dresser, Monogr. Merop. p. 99, pi. 22 (1884); 8harpe, Cat. B. M. xvu, p. 43, pi. i, fig. 1 (1892) ; 8helley, B. Afr. i, p. 110 ; Sowerby, Ibis, 1898, p. 571 [Fort Chiquaqua].. Pig. 25. Wmf -Tail of Dicrocercus hirundineus. X I. Description. Male.âAbove, 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 â 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; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944. Fauna of South Africa. London, R. H. Porter
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