126 BEE-EATER. 



the bill and eye, the chin, and throat black, mottled on each side of 

 the under jaw with an obscure trace of blue ; tail even at the end ; 

 bill black; legs pale brown. 



This bird is in the British Museum, and probably not in adult 

 plumage, but whether allied to the Indian Species, or the Hurryba, 

 is perhaps not easily determined. 



5— YELLOW-HEADED BEE-EATER. 



Merops congener, Ind. Orn. i. 270. Lin. i. 183. Gm. Lin. i. 461. Rati 49. 4. Will. 



103. Klein, 110. 12. 

 Merops alter, Gcsn. Av. t. p. 541. 



Apiaster icterocephalus, Bris. iv. 537. Id. 8vo. ii. 195. 

 L'lcteroeephale, ou Guepier a tete jaune, Buf. vi. 510. 

 The other Bee-Eater of Aldrovandus, Will. Engl. 148. 

 Yellow-headed Bee-Eater, Gen. Syn. ii. 672. Shaiv's Zool. viii. 155. 



THIS is larger than the Common Bee-Eater. Head, throat, and 

 all beneath yellowish ; on each side of the head a broad black band, 

 passing through the eyes towards the neck ; back and scapulars fine 

 chestnut; rump and upper tail coverts mixed green and yellow, the 

 greater entirely yellow ; quills black, tipped with red; the tail half 

 yellow, half green ; legs yellow. 



The above said to inhabit various parts of Europe. That which 

 Gesner describes was met with at Strasburgh, by the name of 

 Seeschwalm, but he mentions it as being very rare there. 



