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SENEGAL BEE-EATER. 



Merops Senegalensis. M. supra rufo-castaneus uropygio cceruleo, 

 subtus cceruleus, rectricibus duabus intermediis elongatis apice 

 nigricantibus. 



Bee-Eater rufous-chesnut above with blue rump, beneath blue ; 

 the two middle tail-feathers elongated and blackish at the tips. 



Guepier a longue queue du Senegal. PI. Enl. 314. 



Chesnut Bee-Eater. Far. A. Lath. syn. 



THIS is allied in a very great degree to the 

 Brasilian Bee- Eater, and it seems by no means 

 clear that it may not in reality be the same species, 

 differing in the cast of its colours. The upper 

 part of the head and neck, together with the back, 

 wings, and tail, are of a bright rufous chesnut- 

 colour, the cheeks and whole under parts, together 

 with the rump, blue: the bill black, and the legs 

 brown : the two middle tail feathers are produced 

 into two narrow, black, pointed extremities, very 

 considerably surpassing the rest of the tail. Native 

 of Senegal. 



VAR.? 



CHESNUT BEE-EATER. Lath. 



This, which Dr. Latham makes the species, I ra- 

 ther choose to consider as the variety. It differs 

 from the former bird in being of a chesnut colour 

 on the crown, back, and scapulars : the wings, tail, 



