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GREEN-TUROATED BEE-EATER. 
throat, and breast, pea-green, glossed with yellow, 
except that part which margins the black ears, which 
is the only part of the plumage which has any shade 
of blue, and even here it is very slight. The green, 
in short, of the chin, throat, breast, and body, is 
uniform, and this appears to be the distinction of 
the species. In the middle of the throat, just above 
the breast, is a narrow transverse stripe of the 
deepest velvet black. The ears and eye-stripe, as 
usual, is also black ; the quills and their covers 
inside are rufous, the former with broad black tips. 
The tail is even, except the two middle feathers, 
which project in filaments one inch and a half 
beyond the others. 
We are not without suspicion that the figure 
at PI. Enl. is intended for this bird, but it is clearly 
not a representation of the indicus of Edwards. 
Total length, excluding the two middle tail- 
feathers, 7 inches ; bill, from the front, 1 ; wings, 
3 T 6 ij ; lateral tail-feathers, 3. 
Var. — Another specimen we possess, whose lo- 
cality is unknown, merely differs from the above in 
having the fulvous yellow tinge much stronger over 
the whole of the head, neck, and part of the back ; 
it is also somewhat smaller, as the bill measures, 
from the front, T s ff , and the wings, 3/ 0 . In other 
respects, and in colour, the two birds perfectly agree, 
except that the two middle tail-feathers, in this, 
project 2| inches beyond the others, instead of only 
1| ; this, however, may be the effect of age. 
