150 BEE-EATER. 



36.— SURINAM BEE-EATER. 



Merops Surinamensis, Lid. Orn.'i. 275. Gm. Lin.'u 464. 

 Le Guepier, Ferm. Surin.'ii. 184. 

 Surinam Bee-Eater, Gen. Syn. ii. 682. 



SIZE of a Black-bird, in shape resembling the Kingsfisher. 

 Irides red brown; plumage varied; behind the head reddish; neck 

 greenish yellow; quills greenish, mixed with black and blue; claws 

 black. 



Said, by Fermin, to inhabit Surinam, and to feed on Bees, and 



other insects. He mentions also a second, smaller, with the same 

 habits, and found in the same places. 



37— BRASILIAN BEE-EATER. 



Merops Brasiliensis, Lid. Orn. i. 272. Gm. Lin. i. 462. 



Apiaster Brasiliensis, Bris. iv. 540.' 7d.8vo.ii. 196. Klein 110. 12. 



Le Merope rouge et bleu, Buf. vi. 479. 



Brasilian Bee-Eater, Gen. Syn. ii. 676. Shaiv's Zool. viii. 162. 



SIZE of the common sort. Length nine inches ; bill one inch 

 and an half, yellow; the head, throat, and under parts of the body 

 of a splendid glowing ruby red ; lesser wing coverts deep red ; the 

 rest of the wings, and upper parts of the body, varied with brown 

 and black ; under the wings yellow ; quills and tail pale blue ; tail 

 even at the end ; legs yellow. 



Inhabits Brazil. 



