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MEROPIDiE. 



Olive-green Bee- eater glossed with brassy, with a dark line passing 

 from the forehead through the eyes to the ears ; the vent and 

 rump sea-green ; the throat sulphur-coloured ; the jugulum 

 chesnut ; the middle of the abdomen fine green ; the sides and 

 shoulders fulvous. 



Inhabits Java and Sumatra. Length eleven inches: 

 the primary and secondary quills with a terminal black 

 band : an obsolete marginal sea-green band on each 

 side of the frontal line : the sides of the vent whitish. 



Sp. 9. Me. Savignii. Swain. Zool. Illust. pi. 76. 



Me. viridis suhtus albescens, uropygio cauddque cceruleis ; vertice, 



strigd ocularijjascidque lata collari nigris; mento superciliisque 



albis. 



(jreen Bee-eater beneath whitish, with the rump and tail blue ; 

 crown of the head, eye-stripe, and broad band across the neck, 

 black J chin and eyebrows white. 



Inhabits Sierra Leone and other parts of Africa. 

 Length eight inches and a half: the crown in young- 

 birds is greenish, in some a dull brown, and in others 

 deep black, margined in the front and sides of the 

 head with a line of white : the ears black, uniting in 

 a broad band across the neck of the same colour, 

 which is margined on the lower part with beautiful 

 sea-blue : the nape, inner coverts, and quill-feathers 

 greenish fawn colour : the lesser quills tipped with 

 black : the rump, tail, and outside of the quills next 

 the body changeable greenish-blue : the back and 

 upper tail-coverts green : the chin is white : the 

 body tinged with greenish, and the under tail-coverts 

 with blue : the tail three inches long : beak and feet 

 black. 



