330 Mr. Vicors’s and Dr. Honsrrgrp's Description of the 
Mr. Caley informs us that ** this bird is more often heard than 
seen. It inhabits brushes. The loud cracking whip-like noise 
it makes (from whence the colonists give it the name of Coach- 
whip) may be heard from a great distance.” ^ 
Genus. Bow stom Hin Us, Horsf. in Linn. Trans. 
1. Temporais. Pom. cineraceo-fuscus, subtus fulvescenti-fus- 
cus; fronte, temporibus, gutture, pectoreque albis; tenia gra- 
cili super alteráque subtus oculos, caudáque gr hác ais 
albido. TE 
ne in medio pallidè ides “Fronds; temporibusque albis. Re- 
miges externe pallide fusce, ad apicem saturatiores. Tec- 
trices inferiores pallide ferrugineo-fuscæ. ' Rectrices nigræ, 
omnes, mediis exceptis, ad apicem albe. Rostrum nigrum, 
ad frontem albescens. Pedes nigri. "Longitudo corporis, 
101; ale a carpo ad remigem' quartam, 4r; caude, 42; 
rostri ad frontem; 15, ad rictam, 11; farsi, Ed. ^— 
Dusky Bee-Eater. Lath. Gen. Hist. iv. p. 146. 20. 31. 
f ü ) 
"This species was found by Mr, Brown at Shoalwater Bay, 
August 1802. RU 
2: SUPERCILIOSUS. Pom: brunnescenti- uscus ; deni supercili- 
"ari ad nucham extendente, gulá, pectore, abdomine anteriori, 
| cauddque apice albis. - 
gen loraque nigro-notatæ. Beige faites, subtus pallidiores. 
Tectrices inferiores pallidè brunnescenti-fusce. Abdomen 
| imum crissumque brunneo-fusca. | Rectrices brunneo-nigræ, 
omnes, mediis exceptis, ad apicem albz. Rostrum pedesque 
nigri. Longitudo corporis, 144, ; alé a carpo ad remigem 
quartam, 344, ; eaudce; 3+; rostri "e Line un ad ric- 
tum, 145; tarsi; Wye => : 
SEL : This 
