INDIAN BEE-EATER. 
eyes, but below them. Brisson has remarked, 
besides, that the wings were Hned with fulvous 
feathers; that the shafts of the tail, which 
were brown above, as in Edwards's bird, were 
whitish beneath ; and, lastly, that there were 
several quills and coverts of the wings, and 
many quills of the tail, edged near the end, as 
well as tipped, with yellow. 
It is obvious, however, as Buffon mentions, 
that all these minute differences are not more 
than might be expe6i:ed in individuals of even 
the same species, but only diversified by age or 
sex. The slight variation of size, BufFon adds, 
may be imputed to the same causes. 
