PASSERES. 



for its flesh is sufficiently esteemed to be sold in 

 the markets both of Italy and Egypt. 



BEE-EATER. 



Belon, quoted by Ray, writes thus concerning 

 the Merops. " Flying in the air it catches and 



Sreys .upon bees, as Swallows do upon flies. It 

 ies not singly, but in flocks ; and, especially, by 

 the side of those mountains where the true thyme 

 grows. Its voice is heard afar off, almost like 

 the whistling of a man. Its singular elegance 

 invites the Candy (Candia) boys to hunt for it with 

 Cieadte, as they do also for those greater swallows 



