166 COWLED BEE-EATER. 



and below, bJack, continued beneath, round the 

 lower part of the neck, and forming a verj broad 

 pectoral zone, deepening on the middle of the 

 breast ; above continued to the back, the whole of 

 which, as far as the rump, is black: smaller scapu^ 

 lars, or those betwe en the shoulders, mixed black 

 and white : wings black, with the smaller coverts 

 white, the larger white at the base half, black at 

 the other half, and tipped with white : on one or 

 two of tiie exterior smaller coverts an oval black 

 spot : over the eyes a white streak : whole under 

 side, from the breast, white, as are also the under- 

 coverts of the wings : rump and base-half of the 

 tail white ; the end part crossed by a moderately 

 broad black bar, leaving the tips of the feathers 

 white: the black colour on the two middle feathers 

 runs higher up towards the base than on the others : ^ 

 legs black. Native of New Holland ^ a very ele- 

 gant species. 



COWLED BEE-EATER. 



Merops Monachus. M. supra fuscns, suhtus albus, capite suhto^ 

 mentoso nigra, vertice elevato. Lath. ind. orn. suppL 



Brown Bee-Eater, white beneath, with black and somewhat 

 downy head with raised crown. 



Cowled Bee-Eater. Lath. syii. suppL 2, 



" This, says Dr. Latham, is a large species : the 

 bill stout and bending : colour black : tongue very 

 bristly at the end, appearing like a brush: the 

 head and part of the neck are black, and covered 



