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. European B. E. 
. Red-winged B. E. 
. Yellow-tufted B. E. 
. Wattled B. E. 
. Knob-fronted B. E. 
. Superb B. E. 
. Eaftern B. E. 
. Blue green B. E. 
. Hooded B. E. 
BiERE OR PAs we Re 
N°? 10. Golden-winged B. E. 
11. Black-eared B. E. 
12, Black and yellow B. E. 
13. Blue-cheeked B. E. 
14. Chatterine B. E. 
15. Cowled B. E. 
16. Variegated B. E. 
17- White-fronted B. E. 
18. Red-throated B. E. 
Merops apiafter, Ind. Orn. i. p. 169. 1.—Vo/m. Monog. 1768. p. 6.—=Ger. Orn. 
Vv. t. 494.—Schrift. d. Berl. Gefelijch. ii. §. 194. (Schrank.) 
Bee-eater, Gen. Syn. ii, p. 667. 5.—Id. Sup. p. 119. 
HE male has the forehead to. the middle of the crown green; 
the reft of the head, back of the neck, upper part of the back, 
wing coverts, fine rufous ; lower part of the back yellowith : fhoulders 
and leffer wing coverts green: quills and tail green. 
In the female, only as forehead is yellow green; crown rufous : the 
reft of the upper parts brownifh green; in other things, both are 
alike, except the two middle tail feathers, which exceed the reft more 
in the male than the female. 
The Bee-eater is common in Eg ypt*, where it is called Adelino-orghi, 
(Bees Enemy) and is eaten for food. 
At the Cape of Good Hope, this bird is called the Guat-fuapper, as 
* Sonuini’s Trav. iii, p. 318. 
obferved by Kolben +, who adds, that the note is not fo fine as that of 
+ Hift, Cape, il. p. 154. 
a Tit- 
