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MILIPPINE BEE-EATER. 



Merops Philippinus. M. mridis, subtus flai'escens, uropygio cceru- 



leo, Cauda cequali. Lin, Syst, Nat, 

 Green Bee-Eater, yellowish beneath, with blue rump, and even 



tail. 



Apiaster Philippensis ymajor. Briss. orn, 

 Guepier de Madagascar. PL EnL 215. 

 Philippine Bee-Eater. Lath, syn. 



Described by Brisson. Length about nine 

 inches : colour green above, with a slight gloss of 

 copper-colour: beneath yellowish : rump and tail 

 blue or sea-green : quill-feathers tipped with black, 

 and fulvous on the inner webs : across the eyes a 

 black stripe : bill black ; legs brown ; tail rather 

 short, and even at the end. Native of the Philip- 

 pine isles. 



PIED BEE-EATER. 



Merops picatus. M, alho nigroque varius, rostro albido apicefuscOf 

 pedihus nigris, 



Bee-Eater varied with black and white; the bill whitish with 

 dusky tip : the legs black. 



Size of a small pigeon: length about twelve 

 inches : bill whitish, with dusky tip : whole bird 

 varied with glossy jet-black and milk-white, in the 

 following manner, viz. head and neck, both above 



