BEE-EATER. 



-. Le Guepier marrou & bleu du Senegal, Buf. oif. vi. p. 494. 



Var. A. Guepier a longue queue du Senegal, PL tnl. 314. 



Description. 'THIS is a variety of the laft from climate : it is twelve inches 

 in length. The colours are the fame, only fomewhat diffe- 

 rent in the diftribution : the cheftnut extending in this to the 

 wing coverts and quills, except thofe neareft the 'back 5 and to 

 all the tail feathers, except the part which exceeds the reft in 

 length, which is black. 

 Place. This was brought from Senegal, by M. Adanfon. 



IO# Le grand Guepier vert & bleu a gorge jaune, Buf. oif. vi. p. 502. 



YELLOW- 

 THROATED 



B. / T" V HE length of this fpecies is ten inches. The bill twenty 



Description. lines : the forehead, the eyebrows, and all the under parts 



of the body, are blue green : the throat is of a fine yellow, which 

 extends on the neck, under the eyes, and a little beyond, 

 where it is terminated by brown : the upper part of the head and 

 neck are bright golden red : all the upper parts of the body 

 green gold : upper tail coverts green : the two middle tail fea- 

 thers are longer than the others by feven or eight lines. 



This, Buffon fays, is a new fpecies, for which he is indebted to 

 M. Sonnerat ; but does not mention its native country. 



Le 



