PLATE CXXVIL 



MEROPS APIASTER. 

 COMMON BEE-EATER. 



PlC^E. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill curved, quadrangular, comprefTed, carinate, pointed : noftrils 

 fmall, at the bafe of the bill ; tongue flender, the tip moftly jagged : 

 feet grelTorial. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS, 



Back ferruginous : abdomep and tail green-blue : two tail feathers 

 longeft ; throat yellow. 



Merops APIASTER : dorfo ferrugineo, abdomine caudaque viridi- 

 ccerulefcente, reftricibus duabus longioribus, 

 gula lutea. GmeL Syji. 1. /». 460.— £/««. Syji, 1. 

 /. 18£. 1. 



Merops galilaeus. Ilajplq. It, ^^If, — Fn* Aral, p. U 



Bienenfraas. Wlrjing, Vog, t. 27, 



La Merope. Cet, uc. Sard, t.p, 93. 



Ifpida Cauda molli, Kram, EL /. 3S7. 



Bee- 



