122 BEE-EATER. 



tine yellow, extending on the neck, under the eyes, and a little 

 beyond, where it is terminated by brown ; the crown of the head 

 and neck behind are bright golden red ; upper parts of the body 

 green-gold ; tail coverts green ; the two middle tail feathers longer 

 than the others by seven or eight lines. 



The above described from M. Buffon, who esteemed it as a new 

 Species, for which he was indebted to M. Sonnerat, but the native 

 country is not mentioned. It is probably the Schaeghagha or 

 Schaekah of Forskal ; said to be found in the woods of Yemen, in 

 Arabia Felix, where it is not uncommon. M. Temminck supposes 

 it to be the same as the Common sort, and indeed, it seems to coincide 

 with it in many points. 



3— INDIAN BEE-EATER. 



Merops vivid is, Ind. Orn. i. 269. Lin. i. 182. Gm. Lin.\. 460. Amoen. Ac. iv. 237. 



• Bor. Nat. ii. 146. t. 21. 

 Ispida viridis supra ferruginea, Osb. It. 96. Id. Engl. i. 147. 

 Apiaster Madagascariensis torquatus, Bris. iv. 549. t. 42. 2. Id. 8vo. ii. 198. 

 Guepier a Collier de Madagascar, PL enl. 740. 

 Guepier vert a gorge bleue, Bttf. vi. 497. 



Indian Bee-Eater, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 672. Edw. pi. 183. Gen. of Birds, 60. pi. 7. 

 Shawns Zool. viii. 156. 



SIZE of a Sparrow in the body ; length eight inches and three 

 quarters. Bill thirteen lines and a half long and black, the tongue 

 ending in two bristles ; irides crimson ; plumage on the upper parts 

 green gold, inclining to blue on the tail coverts; beneath the body 

 green, changing to blue under the throat, but much less observable 

 in some specimens ; on each side of the head a band of black, passing 

 under the eye ; beneath the throat another transverse black band, 

 like a collar ; under the wings fulvous ; quills mostly green, with 



