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38— CINEREOUS BEE-EATER. 



Merops cinereus, Ind. Om. i. 272. Lin. i. 183. Gm. Lin. i. 462. Klein, 110. 11. 



Apiaster Mexicamis, Bris. iv. 541. Id. 8vo. ii. 196. 



Avicula de Quauhcilui, Seb. Mus. i. 50. t. 31. f. 10. 



Guepier a tete grise, Birf. vi. 4Q1; 



Cinereous Bee-Eater," Gen. Syn. ii. 675. Shaw's Zool. viii. 178. 



SIZE of a Lark. Total length nine inches and a quarter ; bill 

 one inch and an half long, bright green ; head elegant grey ; upper 

 parts of the body grey, varied with red and yellow ; breast and 

 belly light yellow, shaded with red ; quills grey ; the two middle 

 tail feathers, which are much longer than the rest, are red, the 

 others grey. 



Said to inhabit Mexico. 



39—CHESTNUT-QUILLED BEE-EATER. 



LENGTH seven inches and an half. Bill black ; plumage in 

 general brown ; inner webs of the quills pale chestnut, the outer 

 ends brown ; tail greatly cuneiform, brownish ; all but the two 

 middle feathers white at the ends ; legs black. 



A specimen of this in Mr. Bullock's Museum ; from whence 

 uncertain . 



40— RUFOUS BEE-EATER. 



Merops rufus, Ind. Om. i. 276. Gm. Lin. i. 465. 



Fournier de Buenos Ayres, Buf. vi. 476. PI. enl. 739. Voy. d'Azara, iii. No. 221. 



Ophie, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lxxxiii. 



Rufous Bee-eater, Gen. Syn. ii. 683. Shaw's Zool. viii. 182. 



LENGTH eight inches and an half. Bill one inch and an 

 half, pale ash-colour; plumage in general rufous, deeper on the 



