BEE-EATER, 6 77 



ruby red : the letter wing coverts deep red : the reft of the wings, 

 and upper parts of the body, varied with brown and black: under 

 the wings yellow : quills and tail pale blue : legs and claws 

 yellow. 



Inhabits Brqfil. Buffon obferves, that the bill in Seba appears Place. 



like that of the Prcmerops. 



Le Guefpier de L'Ifle de France, Sri/, orn. iv. p. 543. N° 6. pi. 44. f. z. . 



-PL enl. 252. CHESTNUT 



Le Guepier marron & bleu, Buf, oif. vi. p. 493. 



'Tp'HIS is a trifle bigger than the crefted Lark : in length ten Description. 



inches ten lines. Bill one inch feven lines long, and black : 

 the upper part of the head, neck, and fcapulars, are of an elegant 

 cheftnut : on each fide of the head is a brown ftripe ; which riles 

 at the corners of the mouth, and extends towards the hind head, 

 paffing under the eyes : throat, fore part of the neck, and breaft, 

 blue green : the lower part of the back, rump, belly, fides, thighs, 

 upper and under tail coverts, the fame, but paler : upper wing 

 coverts green ; beneath fulvous : moil of the quills are green, 

 with great part of the inner web fulvous ; the four inner ones 

 wholly green j thirteen of the middle ones have black tips ; all 

 of them grey brown beneath : tail blue above ; beneath grey 

 brown ; all the feathers, except the two middle ones, are margined 

 with grey brown within ; the two middle ones exceed the 

 others in length two inches two lines, and end in a point ; the 

 fhafts of all of them are brown above and whitilh beneath : the 

 legs are reddifh : claws blackifh. 



Inhabits the IJle of France. Place, 



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