MEROPID.E. J3 



Sp. 1. Me. apiarius. Shaw, v. viii. p. \52. pi. 19. — Britain and 

 other parts of the old world. 



Sp. 2. Me. viridis. Shaw, v. viii. p. 156.— India. 



Sp. 3. Me. ornatus. Shaw, v. viii. p. 158. — Variegated Bee- 

 eater. Lath. Gen. Hist. iv.p. I30.pl. lxix. — New Holland. 



Sp. 4. Me. superbus. Shaiv, v. viii. p. 161. ? 



Sp. 5. Me. Senegalensis. Shaw, v. viii. p. 163. — Senegal. 



Sp. 6. Me. Sumatranus. Linn. Trans. (Raffles) xiii. 294. 



Me. capite colloque snpremis interscapulioque castaneis ; clorso 

 postice alis ventreque smaragdinis ; gula crissoque thalassino- 

 azureis ; cauda superne ccerulea viridi nitente. 



Bee-eater with the upper part of the head and neck and between 

 the scapulars chesnut ; the lower part of the back, the wings, 

 and belly emerald-green; the throat and vent of an azure sea- 

 green ; the tail above blue glossed with green. 



Inhabits Sumatra. The upper parts of the head 

 and neck, and the back between the shoulders, are of a 

 beautiful chesnut colour : the lower part of the back, 

 the wings above, and the belly, are pure emerald- 

 green : the feathers of the throat, as well as of the 

 rump and vent, have a pale azure tint with a reflec- 

 tion of sea-green : the tips of the quill-feathers and 

 the tail beneath are blackish-brown : the tail above 

 is blue, with a diluted tint of sea-green ; the two 

 middle feathers towards the tip have the bluish tint 

 also diluted ; the vent-feathers are the same : the wings 

 are ferruginous beneath. 



Sp. 7. Me. superciliosus. Shaw, v. viii. p. 164. — Madagascar. 



Sp. 8. Me. Javanicus. Linn. Trans. (Horsf.) xiii. 171 — 294. 



Me. olivaceo-viridis splendore ceneo ; lineajrontali per oculos ad 

 aures producta atrd; crisso uropygioqae thalassinis ; guld sid- 

 phurea; jugido castaueo; abdomine medio sordtde thalassino ; 

 later ibus axillisque Jidvis. 



