164 SUPERCILIOUS BEE-EATER. 



and whole under parts blue : the quill-feathers are 

 fulvous internally, and have dusky tips : the bill is 

 black y the legs reddish ; the tail similar in shape to 

 the preceding, the two middle feathers being pro- 

 duced considerably beyond the rest. 



SUPERCILIOUS BEE-EATER. 



Merops superciliosus. M. viridis, vtrtice rufescente, fascia supra 



infraque oculos alba, gulajlavicante, rectricibus duabus elongatis. 

 Green Bee-Eater with rufescent crown, white stripe above 



and beneath the eyes, yellowish throat, and the two middle 



tail-feathers elongated. 

 Merops superciliosus. M. vindis, lineafrontis supra infraque oculos 



alba, gulaflavicante, rectricibus duabus elongatis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 



THIS is described by Brisson and BufFon. Its 

 length is rather more than eleven inches, and its 

 prevailing colour dusky green, palest on the rump^ 

 changing into a bright rufous brown on the head : 

 above and beneath each eye is a white stripe : the 

 under parts of the bird are paler than the upper : 

 the tips of the quill-feathers dusky or blackish : the 

 middle tail-feathers reach considerably beyond the 

 rest : the bill is black, and the legs brown. Native 

 of Madagascar. 



