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subsist on insects, and one of them was comrjQunicated to Lord 

 Stanley, a nobleman of distinguished taste, and one whose attention 

 to the science of natural history, in particular, are eminently calcu- 

 lated to deserve our praise. The species was shortly after introduced 

 for the first time to the notice of the public in the museum of 

 Mr. Bullock, where it "attracted the remark of Professor J. C. Tera- 

 minck, of Holland, an ornithologist of great merit, and who, in 

 compliment to the proprietor of the collection, named it specifically 

 Bidloclni, or BhUqcIc^s Bee-Eater^ an appellation by which it has 

 been since distinguished by collectors in this country generally. 

 Dr. Latham has published a minute description of this bird in the 

 fourth volume of the last series of his work, under the title of the 

 Scarlet throated Bie-eater, without any Latin name, but referring to 

 the bird itself, at iluit period preserved in the museum of Mr. Bullock, 

 and not being, as it appears, aware of the name assigned to it by 

 M. Temminck. We have reason to believe, that the individual 

 example now before us is that, which was named Merops BullocJcH 

 by Professor Temminck. or at least that it originally formed a part 

 of that museum, and we are happy, in this place, to identify the 

 name of this very beautiful species with that of the proprietor, as a 

 testimony at least of our respect for his exertions in a public cause. 



It may be finally worthy of remark, that this species of Bee-Heater, 

 the specimen of which we obtained at a considerable price not many 

 months ago, being then esteemed a bird of more than usual rarity, 

 has of late become abundant : it is a native of the interior of Senegal, 

 a country till recently unexplored; an expedition was lately sent 

 three or four hundred miles up the country, and among a great 

 variety of other acquisitions to the science of ornithology, the result 



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