BRASILIAN BEE-EATER. 



Merops Brasiliensis. M. ruber, alls fuscis subtus jtavicantibus* 



remigibus primoribus caudaque cequali camlets. 

 Red Bee-Eater, with brown wings yellowish beneath ; the larger 



quill- feat hers and tail blue; the latter even at the end. 

 Pica Brasiliensis. Seb. mus. 1. t. 66. f. 1. 

 Merops Brasiliensis. M.fusco nigroque varius, capite gula tectri- 



cibus alarum minoribus corporeque subtus rubris, remigibus cauda- 



que cxruleis. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Brasilian Bee-Eater. Lath. syn. 



THE Brasilian Bee-Eater is described as of nearly 

 similar size with the European species, and is said 

 by Seba, who seems to have been its first describe^ 

 to have the head, throat, and all the under parts 

 of the body of a bright ruby-red, the wing-coverts 

 deep red, the rest of the wings, and upper parts, 

 varied with black and brown: the under wing- 

 coverts yellow, the quill and tail-feathers pale blue, 

 and the bill and legs yellow : the tail is even at 

 the end. 



