RED-WINGED BEE-EATER. 175 



feeding on hymenopterous insects ; rarely perching 

 on trees, nor even on the ground for any great 

 length of time. When a troop of these birds has 

 estabhshed itself in any particular spot, they are 

 seen flying about for whole days together in pursuit 

 of insects ; after which they repose for a time on 

 the nearly bare top of some tree, and then seek 

 another spot well peopled with insects. 



RED-WINGED BEE-EATER. 



Merops erythropterus. M. fusco-viridis, suhtus albidus, remigibus 

 rectricibusque rubris apice nigris, gula lutea. Lath. ind. orn. 



Dusky-brown Bee-Eater, whitisli beneath, with red wing and tail- 

 feathers black at the tips, and luteous throat. 



Le Guepier rouge et vert du Senegal. Buff, ois, PL Enl. 318. 



Red-winged Bee-Eater. Lath, syn. 



Described byBuffon from a specimen brought 

 by Adanson from Senegal, of which country'- it is 

 a native. Total length about six inches : colour 

 of the crown, upper part of the neck, back, wing- 

 coverts, and rump olive green : wings and tail dull 

 red, with black or dusky tips : under parts, from 

 the throat, dull white : throat yellow : behind each 

 eye a dusky spot : tail even : bill and legs black. 



