164 SUPERCILIOUS BEE-EATER. ^ 



and whole under parts blue : the quill-feathers are ; 

 fulvous internally, and have dusky tips : the bill is I 

 black ; the legs reddish , the tail similar in shape to \ 

 the preceding, the two middle feathers being pro- ' 

 duced considerably beyond the rest. ' \ 



SUPERCILIOUS BEE-EATER. } 



Merops superciliosus. M. viridis, vertice rufescente, fascia supra \ 

 infraque oculos alba, gula flavicante, rectricibus duabus elongatis* : 



Green Bee-Eater with rufescent crown, white stripe above | 

 and beneath the eyes, yellowish throat, arid the two middle 1 

 tail-feathers elongated. ^ 



Merops superciliosus. M, uridis, lineafrontis supra infraque oculos | 

 alba^ gula flavicante, rectricibus duabus elongatis, Lin, Syst. Nat, | 



This is described by Brisson and Buffon. Its ! 

 length is rather more than eleven inches, and itsl 

 prevailing colour dusky green, palest on the rump^ | 

 changing into a bright rufous brown on the head : 

 above and beneath each eyccis a white stripe : the 

 under parts of the bird are paler than the upper : 

 the tips of the quill-feathers dusky or blackish : the 

 middle tail-feathers reach considerably beyond the 

 rest : the bill is black, and the legs brown. Native * 

 pf Madagascar. 



