BEE-EATKR. 



20i 



Mr. Hale's bird is in the plumage of the second year, in 

 which the brown colour, which commences on the head, docs 

 not descend below the neck on to the back as in the older 

 bird, and the whole of the back is greenish yellow where the 

 adult bird is saffron yellow. 



A young bird of the year, in my own collection, has the top 

 of the head green, with a small patch of reddish brown above 

 each eye ; no red colour on the back ; the yellow on the 

 throat docs not terminate with a dark band, and the tail-fea- 

 thers are even at the end. 



Underneath are representations of the foot and breast-bone 

 of the Bee-cater. 



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