82 ELEMENTS OF ORNITHOLOGY. 
Cape Colony, where it is known as the Mouse-bird, and is said 
always to sleep hanging head downwards. They are short- 
beaked Birds, often to be seen in Zoological Gardens, for 
they can be kept with considerable facility. 
Another small group of Birds, still more restricted geogra- 
phically, are the Todies, of which there are but nine species, 
Fig. 84. 

The Bee-eater (Merops apiaster). 
all confined to the West Indies. ‘With their short tails and 
straight, rather long bill, they have somewhat the aspect of 
Kingfishers. The Green Tody (Yodus viridis) may stand as a 
representative of this small group. 
Birds named—from their habits—Bee-eaters are found 
