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OLIVACEOUS BEE-EATER. 



Merops olivaceus. M. olivaceus remigibtis caudague subfuscis f 

 subtus ofanceo-flavescens, super ciliia flams, cauda oequali. 



Olivaceous Bee-Eater with brownish wings and tail, beneath yel- 

 lowish-olivaceous, with yellow brows and even tail. 



Le Proraerops olivatre. ViellotProm.pl. 5. 



DESCRIBED and figured by Monsr. Viellot, who 

 considers it as a new species. Length seven inches : 

 head and all the upper parts olivaceous, browner 

 on the wings and tail : all the under parts pale 

 yellowish or whitish olive, growing almost white 

 towards the vent ; across the eyes, or rather be- 

 neath, on each side the head, a yellow streak : tail 

 even : bill and legs brown ; the exterior toe con- 

 nected, as far as the first joint, to the middle one. 

 Native of the Southern isles. 



GOLDEN-WINGED BEE-EATER. 



Merops ebrysopterus. M. fuscus, macula alarum fulva, remigi~ 

 bus rectricibusque exterioribus apice albis. Lath. ind. orn. suppL 



Brown Bee-Eater, with a fulvous spot on the wings, and the ex- 

 terior wing and tail-feathers tipped with white. 



Golden-winged Bee-Eater. Lath. syn. suppl. 2. 



DESCRIBED from a drawing: size uncertain; 

 general colour brown, the shafts of the feathers 

 very pale : greater quill-feathers darker than the 



