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OLIVACEGITS BEE-EATER. 



Merops olivaceus. M. olivaceus remigibus caudaque suhfitscUp. 



subtus olivaceo-Jlavescens, superciliis Jlavis, eauda cequali. 

 Olivaceous Bee-Eater with brownish wings and tail, beneath yel* 



lowish-olivaceous, with yellow brows and even tail. 

 Le Promerops olivatre. VieliotProm.pl, 5. 



Described and figured by Monsr. Viellot, who 

 considers it as a new species. Length seven inches : 

 head and all the upper parts oh vaceons^ browner 

 on the wings and tail^ : all the under parts pale 

 yellowish or whitish olive^ growing almost white 

 towards the vent i across the eyes, or rather be- 

 neath, on each side the head, a yellow streak : tait * 

 even : bill and legs brown ; the exterior toe con- 

 nected, as far as the first joint, to the middle one. 

 Native of the Southern isles. 



€r0LD en-winged BEE-EATEH. 



Merops chrysopterus. M. fmcus, macula alarum fulva^ temigU 

 bus red ricib usque exteriarikus apke albis. Lath^ ind, orn, supph 



Brovi^n Bee-Eater, with a fulvous spot on the wings, and the ex- 

 terior wing and tail-feathers tipped with white. 



Golden-winged Bee-Eater. Latk. syn, suppL 2. \ 



Described from a drawing: size uncef'taiBi j 

 general colour brown, the shafts of the feathefj* j 

 very pale i greater qtiiU-feath^rs darker than tbe 



