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Sp. 1. Me. apiarius. ShatVj v. viii. p. 152. pZ. 19.— Britain and 

 other parts of the old world. 



Sp. 2, Me. viridis. SkatVj v. viii. p, 156.— India. 



Sp. 3. Me. ornatus. Shaw, v. viii. p. 158. — Variegated Bee- 

 eater. Lath, Gen. Hist. iv.p. I30.pl. Ixix. — New Holland. 



Sp. 4. Me. superbus. Shatv, v. viii. p. 161. ? 



Sp. 5. Me. Senegalensis. Shatv, v. viii. p. 163. — Senegal. 



Sp. 6. Me. Sumatranus. Linn, Trans. (Uaffles) xiii. 294. 



Me. capite colloque supremis interscapulioque castaneis ; dorso 

 postice alis ventreque smaragdinis ; gula crissoque thalnssino- 

 azureis ; cauda superne cce ruled viridi ?iitente. 



Bee-eater with the upper part of the head and neck and between 

 the scapulars chesnut ; the lower part of the back, the wings, 

 and belly emerald-green ; the throat and vent of an azure sea- 

 green ; the tail above blue glossed with green. 



Inhabits Sumatra. The upper parts of the head 

 and neck, and the back between the shoulders, are of a 

 beautiful chesnut colour : the lower part of the back, 

 the wings above, and the belly, are pure emerald- 

 green : the feathers of the throat, as well as of the 

 rump and vent, have a pale azure tint with a reflec- 

 tion of sea-green : the tips of the quill-feathers and 

 the tail beneath are blackish-brown : the tail above 

 is blue, with a diluted tint of sea-green ; the two 

 middle feathers towards the tip have the bluish tint 

 also diluted ; the vent-feathers are the same : the wings 

 are ferruginous beneath. 



Sp. 7. Me. superciliosus. Shatv, v. viii. p. 164. — Madagascar. 

 Sp. 8. Me. Javanicus. Linn. Trans. (Horsf.) xiii. 171 — 294. 



Me. olivaceO'Viridis splendore ceneo ; lined frontali per oculos ad 

 aures producta atrd ; crisso uropygioque thalassinis ; giddsul- 

 phurea; jugulo caslaneo ; abdomine medio sordide thalassino; 

 lateribus axillisque fulvis. 



