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blue ; quills of tail, blue ; above, greenish ; under- 

 neath, breast, and belly, yellowish-green. From 

 Ceylon. 



Red-winged Bee-eater. M. Minutus. Vaill. 17- 



Above and middle tail-feathers, green ; quills, brick- 

 dust color, tipped with black. 



Leschenaidfs Bee-eater. (M. Leschenault.) Vaill. 18. 

 Very like M. Quinticolor, but with a black band. 



Bullock's Bee-eater. (M. Bullock.) Vaill. 20. 



Feathers, shorter and more silky than in the other 

 species ; yellowish-green, above ; bluish on the head ; 

 middle wing-feathers tipped black ; red round patch 

 on throat ; breast and belly, yellow ; vent, blue. 



Sometimes the tail is a little forked, but that 

 again depends often on the state in which they are 

 killed. 



Swallow-tailed Bee-eater. (M. Taiva.) Vaill. 8. 



Yellowish shining green, above ; black band through 

 the eyes ; black patch on throat ; collar and rump, 

 blue. South Africa and Egypt. 



Pirik Bee-eater. (M. Urica.) Swainson. 111. 8. 

 Glossy olive-green, above ; and beneath crown and 



