BEE-EATER. 135 



16— COROMANDEL BEE-EATER. 



Merops Coromandus, Ind. Orn. i. 272. Son. Voy. Ind. ii. 213. t. 119. 

 Coromandel Bee-Eater, Gen. Syn. Sup. 120. 



BILL black ; irides pale rufous ; head, and hind part of the neck 

 pale yellow ; from the bill, through the eye, a streak of black, 

 finishing- behind it ; throat pale green ; fore part of the neck, breast 

 and belly greenish yellow ; sides of the neck deep yellow, undulated 

 with greenish blue; quills and tail deep yellow, the lesser quills 

 tipped with black ; legs black. 



Inhabits the Coast of Coromandel. 



17— YELLOW BEE-EATER. 



Merops flavicans, Ind. Orn. i. 272. Gm. Lin. i. 462. 



Apiaster flavicans, Bris. iv. 539. Id. 8vo. ii. 196. 



Manucodiata secunda Aldr. Rail 21. 2. Will. 56. t. 11. Klein 63. 2. 



Le Guepier a tete jaune et blanche, Buf. vi. 490. 



Aldrovandus's second Bird of Paradise, Will. Engl. 91. t. 11. 



Yellow Bee-Eater, Gen. Syn. ii. 676. Shaiv's Zool. viii. 159. 



BIGGER than the Common Bee-Eater ; breadth twenty inches. 

 Bill two inches long, yellowish green ; irides yellow ; the head white, 

 marked with spots of yellow, and others of gold ; back and scapulars 

 yellowish ; rump and tail coverts ferruginous ; the under parts in 

 general are white, but the breast inclines to red, and under the 

 wings ferruginous ; quills the same, and some of the intermediate 

 ones cordated, and emarginated ; tail composed of twelve feathers, 

 whitish at the base, and ferruginous the rest of the length ; the two 



