120 



BE E-E A T E R. 



2. 



Var. D, 

 INDIAN B. E. 



Indian Bee-eater, Gen. Sjn. ii. p. 670. N" 2. 



T FIND this bird fubjeft to great variety. One among the 

 drawings of Lady Impey has a yellow forehead and a deep blue 

 throftt J the reft as in the Indian fpecies. Thefe are not uncom- 

 mon in India, where they are often feen flying to and fro, and 

 feem fond o( planfanes. 



In the Britijh Mufeum is alfo a bird not greatly differing : the 

 general colour of the plumage pale green ; the under parts light- 

 eft: forehead inclining to orange : chin and throat black, mot- 

 tled on each fide of the under jaw with an obfcure trace of blue : 

 tail even at the end. This, perhaps, may be a young bird of the 

 Indian Bee-eater, which is often feen in vaft flocks in India ; ar- 

 riving the beginning of autumn. 



18. 

 YELLOW- 

 TUFTED B. E. 



Moho, Ellis Narr. ii. p. 156. 



T Believe the bird mentioned in Ellis's Narrative*, of the long 

 tail feathers of which the natives o^ Sandwich IJlands make j9y- 

 flaps, to be this very fpecies. He obferves, that the name of the 

 bird is Moho; and that the handle is not unfrequently made of an 

 arm or leg'bont of one of their enemies flain in battle. 



21. 



COROMANDEL 

 B. E. 



DSSCRIPTJON. 



Le Guepier jaune de la Cote de Coromandel, Son. Voy. Ind. ii. p. 213. 

 pL 119. 



ILL black: irides pale rufous: head and hind part of the 

 neck pale yellow : from the bill through the eye a ftreak of 



* Vol. ii. p. 156.— Cw-^'j LaJlVoy, iii. p. 120. 



black. 



