134 BEE-EATER. 



brown ; tail very little rounded, all but the two middle feathers 

 rufous, with black tips, and edged with green ; legs black. 



From the drawings of General Davies, who copied it from a 

 specimen in the Museum of M. Calonne. 



14— EASTERN BEE-EATER. 



Merops Orientalis, Ind. Orn. Sup. xxxiii. 



Eastern Bee-Eater, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 152. Shaw's Zool. viii. 178= 



SIZE of the Red-winged Bee-Eater. General colour of the 

 plumage dull green, the feathers rather full ; quills red, but not 

 bright, the outer edges dull green, with black tips ; tail green ; the 

 two middle feathers produced beyond the others, where they are 

 narrow, and black. 



Inhabits the Mahratta Country in India. — In the British Museum. 



15.— BLUE-GREEN BEE-EATER. 



Merops caerulescens, Ind. Orn. Sup. xxxiii. 



Blue-green Bee-Eater, Gen. Syii. Sup. ii. 152. Shaw's Zool. viii. 159. 



LENGTH eight inches. Colour of the whole plumage blue- 

 green, with a deeper gloss, appearing black in some lights ; legs 

 black. 



Native place uncertain. 



