Prêtre, Jean-Gabriel (1768-1849 after; Clergé, engraver — Guépier de Lefebvre. Merops Lefebvrii I Cinnamon-Chested Bee-Eater. First Edition of the Engraving.
Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1845-1851. Color engraving. 48.5 x 32.5cm. Light foxing. As published in "Voyage en Abyssinie exécuté pendant les années 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843 " éditée à Paris chez Arthus Bertrand). Text by Théophile Charlemagne Lefebvre (1811-1860) and others. Planche. 15... Merops lefebvrii is an older scientific synonym for the cinnamon-chested bee-eater (Merops lafresnayii), a colorful bird species in the bee-eater family. It was first described in 1846 by the zoologists Des Murs and Prévost from a specimen collected in Ethiopia. .