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' KNOB-fRONTED BEE-EATER. 



Merops corniculatus. M. fuscus, capite corpore suhtiis apiceque 



caudce aibis, corniculo front ali obtmo. 

 Brown Bee-Eater, with the head, under parts of the body, and 



tip of tail white, and obtuse frontal horn. 

 Merops corniculatus. M. fuscus, capite nudiusculo, corpore subtus 



rectricibusque apice albidis, corniculo frontali obtiiso.Lath. vid, orn. 

 iCnob-fronted Bee-Eater. White's Voy. Bot. Bay, p. 190, 

 Le Corbi Calao. LevailL Cal. pi. 24. 



Described and figured in Mr. White's Journal 

 of a Voyage to New South Wales. It is about the 

 size of a Blackbird, or rather larger : the plumage 

 brown above, and white beneath : the head and 

 upper part of the neck sparingly covered with nar- 

 row white feathers, almost like hairs ; but the fore 

 part of the neck and breast are furnished with long 

 ones, of a white colour with a dark middle streaky 

 and pointed at the ends : the tail is pretty long, 

 and the feathers tipped with white : the bill about 

 an inch in length, and pale ; but what is most re** 

 niarkable is that on the forehead, just at the base 

 of the bill, is a short blunt knob, about a quarter 

 of an inch in height, and of a brownish colour : the 

 tongue is nearly of the length of the bill, and 

 bristly at the end : the legs are dark brow^n. Monsr. 

 l.evaillant^ who has figured this species in his work 



