*84 BIRDS. PIC^. ay.Merops. 
Crindisi Copper-gold,^ beneath ferrugjnous ; head and limbs 
gold ; tail wedged, longer than the body. Gnat J‘ 
Size of Picus viridis. 
Paradi/ea.TvfO middle tail-feathers very long; body green-go'^' 
throat and wings beneath white. ParadiJ( /' 
Inhabits Cayenne and Surinam: ii-i inches long ; flics in 
and feeds on infefts. , 
Bill and Ic^s black ; head violet-brown ; tail much wedll^ ’ 
2 middle feathers 6 , the outer i inch long. 
A^xijlrii. Xail even ; body greeil-gold, beneath ferruginous ; 
with a triangular white fpot, teflaceotis on the 
part ; bill white. IVhite-billd /' 
Inhabits South America : y inches long. . , 
Bill fliortcr than in others of its genus, blackifli at the 
2 middle tail-Jealhcrs green, the rcfl rufous. 
27. MEROPS. Bill curved, quadrangu^V 
compreffed, carinate, pointed: , 
fiTiall, at the bafe of the bill : toTiS^[ 
flender, the tip (generally) jagg^^’ 
feet grefforial. Bee-edt^^' 
*Apiafier. Back ferruginous ; belly and tail blueifli-grcen ; 2 of 
tail-feathers longer ; chin pale yellow. Conir»-0t> 
2 . Bill convex, not carinate ; toes not conne^led at the 
r s.‘ 
Inhabits Africa and Eurape^ difeovered in England 
Linn, Tranfaei. Hi. gggj ; feeds on the wing, upon bees, jj 
flies and other infefts, .and in defeft of them upon feed* ’ 
gregarious, and huilds in tlic iwlcs of banks, lays 5—7 
j, to indies long. g 
BAl black ; zrtds red ; front blue-green ; crown, hind-head 
, ' 8ay ; a black y?rea/c from the bill to the hind-hea'i > Lf- 
wedged the feathers edged -within with cinereous ; 
' nut ; claws reddifli-black. 
ri^idis. 
Green; band on the bread black; chin and tail 
2 of the tail-feathers longer. Indian 
Inhabits 8 * inches' long. 
Bia and band acrofs the ^cj black ; legs brown, ^ 
