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the surface of a honeycomb. It again migrates 

 southwards, in \ast Hocks, into other regions in the 

 month of September. 



YELLOW-HEADED BEE-EATER. 



Merops congener. AJ.JZavcscens 9 dor so ferrugineo, fascia oculari 

 nigra, humcris cceriilcis, < au<ta nitdto eloiigato-acumintita. 



Yellowish Bee-Eater, with ternu'iuous back, black eye-stripe, blue 

 shoulders, and tail sharp-elongated in the middle. 



Merops congener. M.Jtavewcns, umpygio virescente, remigibus 

 apice rubris, rectricihi/s basi luteis. Lin. Syst. Nat* 



JMerops alter. Gesn. Atdr. 



Apiaster icterocephalus. Brisi. av. 



L'Icterocephale ou Guepier a ?ete iau'ie. Buff. ois. 



Yellow-headed Bee-Eater. Lath. syn. 



THIS bird, which is described by Gesner, seems 

 to be unknown to modern ornithologists. It is 

 said to be somewhat larger than the Common 

 Bee-Eater, with the head, throat, and all the under 

 parts yellowish : the back and scapulars fine ches- 

 nut ; the rump of a mixed green and yellow ; the 

 smaller wing-coverts blue; the middle ones mixed 

 blue and yellow; and the greater ones entirely 

 yellow: the quill-feathers black, with red tips, and 

 the tail half yellow, and half green ; viz. yellow 

 half its length from the base, with the remainder 

 green : a black streak passes through the eyes ; the 

 bill is curved and black, and the legs yellow. Na- 

 tive of Germany, inhabiting, according to Gesner, 

 the neighbourhood of Strasburg, 



