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BRASILIAN BEE-EATER. 



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Merops Brasiliensis. M, ruber, alis fuscis subtus J^avicanfibm^ 

 remigibus primoribus caudaque cequali coeruleis, j 



Red Bee-Eater, with brown wings yellowish beneath ; the larger 1 

 quill-feathers and tail blue ; the latter even at the end. \ 



Pica Brasiliensis. Seb, mus, l.t,66.f.l. | 



Merops Brasiliensis. M. fusco nigroque xiarius, capite gula tectri" j 

 cibus alarum minoribus corporeque subtus rubris, remigibus cauda- \ 

 que cctruleis. Lath, ind. orn. ^ 



Brasilian Bee-Eater. Lath, syn, ^ 



The Brasilian Bee-Eater is described as of nearly ; 

 similar size with the European species, and is said j 

 by Seba, who seems to have been its first describer^ \ 

 to have the head, throat, and all the under parts | 

 of the body of a bright ruby-red, the wing-coverts j 

 deep red, the rest of the wings, and upper parts, { 

 varied with black and brown : the under wing- | 

 coverts yellow, the quill and tail-feathers pale blue, 

 and the bill and legs yellow: the tail is even afc I 

 the end. ! 



