SO NATURALIST'S .CABINET. 



Bengal bec-eatcr. 



The Bengal bee-eater is about the size of the 

 former; and has a black bill, thick at the base, 

 bending downwards, near two inches long, the 

 eyes a fine red; a black stroke is extended on 

 each side of the head, which begins at the corners 

 of the mouth, and passes .beyond the eyes. The 

 base of the upper chap, and under the chin, is 

 covered with bright pale blue feathers; the upper 

 and back part of the head, of a dusky yellow.; 

 the back and wings of the same colour, only 

 shaded pretty strongly with a green ; the tips of 

 the quill-feathers, brown, the breast and belly 

 green ; the thighs and under part near the vent, 

 of a pale yellow, with a small green mixture. 

 The tail consists of the same number of feathers 

 as the former; the outermost on each side, are 

 of a green and yellow mixture, about three 

 inches in length; the two middlemost twice that 

 length, ending in sharp points, of a brown or 

 dusky colour; the legs and feet black, much like 

 the former. 



THE WRY-NECK, 



WHICH is nearly the size of a common lark/ 

 has a short lead-coloured bill, something less tri- 

 angular than the r-est of the birds of this kind, 

 and has a round tongue, which ends in a sharp 

 and bony substance, and pointed like a thorn/ 

 with which it generally strikes the ants tliat are its 



