130 BEE-EATER. 



this one of blue ; throat yellow ; belly pale green ; quills as the back, 

 but fulvous within, and black at the ends ; tail the same, the two 

 middle feathers narrow, and longer by an inch than the rest; shafts 

 blackish above, and white beneath ; legs brown. 



The female does not differ materially in plumage, but instead of 

 the blue stripe, beneath the black one, passing through the eye, is 

 one of white ; the yellow on the throat much paler, and the belly 

 greenish white ; tail feathers even at the ends. 



Inhabits the Philippine Islands ; found also in various parts of 

 India ; by the Hindoos called Boropertinga ; at Bengal, Bons- 

 puttah.* Are sometimes caught alive, and attempts have been made 

 to keep them in cages, but they seldom survive long, as they feed 

 only on the wing, and on living insects. We have met with this 

 species in more than one collection in this kingdom, and frequently 

 in drawings, where it likewise is named Pateronga and Pelique. 

 Found also in Java. 



9— VARIEGATED BEE-EATER.— Pl. lxix. 



Merops ornatus, Ind. Orn. Sup. xxxv. 



Mountain Bee-Eater, Lewin N. Holl. Birds, pl. 18. 



Variegated Bee-Eater, Gen. Syn. Sup.'n. lob. pl. 12S. Shaic's Zooh viii. 158. 



SOMEWHAT larger than the Red-winged Species. Bill black ; 

 top of the head, and nape, dull orange, the middle of the feathers 

 darker; through the eye, from the base of the bill, a broad black 

 streak, continuing a good way behind it, and ending in a point ; 

 beneath this a pale blue streak ; chin orange yellow ; on the breast 

 a triangular patch of black ; after this the under parts are yellow, 

 but the belly itself, thighs, and vent are bluish white ; back part of 



* These seem to be orgneral names. 



