146 BEE-EATER. 



behind the eyes, the sides and throat white, divided by a black line ; 

 from the breast to vent white ; shoulders of the wings white, con- 

 tinuing in a broad streak down the wing, appearing within the quills 

 when the wing is closed ; rump and tail white, but the ends of the 

 two middle feathers of the latter are black for two inches, and the 

 ends of the others the same, but the black in less proportion, so that 

 the outer ones are only tipped for one inch ; but all the feathers are 

 ultimately white at the tips, and the two middle ones only just 

 fringed within ; the tips of the second quills are also white ; legs 

 rather long, and black. 



Inhabits New-Holland. In the collection of Mr. H. Brogden. — 

 I have ranked this with the Bee-eaters on some uncertainty, for 

 independent of appearance of the Bee-eater, it also somewhat ap- 

 proaches to that of the Honey-eater, and on our farther acquaintance 

 may possibly prove to belong to the last named Genus. 



31.— DUSKY BEE-EATER. 



SIZE of the last. Bill longish, bent, black ; plumage above 

 plain dusky; crown fine grey ; chin, throat, and breast white ; belly 

 dusky ; sides of the head, through the eye, the same ; tail long, 

 rounded, the ends of the feathers more or less white, increasing in 

 depth as the feathers proceed outwards; legs black. 



Inhabits New-Holland. It seems somewhat connected with the 

 last described. 



32— FORK-TAILED BEE-EATER. 



LENGTH from the point of the bill to the end of two middle 

 tail feathers seven inches ; but the two outer ones are at least two 



