BIRDS. PICjE; 57 . Merops. 
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feathers tipt with brown. 
Inhabits Egypt. . , , ' , • , ^ 
Bill black, ilraight ; ti>ngue not jagged, but bidentate ; ie^s 
Qefh-colour ; tail even. ■ ' 
4- Chin and firipe beneath the eyes bine ; tail cvot. 
Inhabits Philippine I jits : a middle tail-feathers olacK. 
S' Front pale yelloW ; chin blue. 
Inhabits India. 
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Yellowifir ; rump greenifh ; quill-feathers tipt with red ; 
tail-feathers yellow at the bafe. ydlow-headed B. 
Inhabits SoaXhtr-n Europe ; a little lefs than M. apiaher. _ • 
Band acrofs the eyes black ; hack and> 0 M bay ; leller wing- 
CDverts blueifh, greater yellow; quiU-feathers black; le^s 
yellow. 
frontal line above and beneath the eyes white ; 
cw„ i . of .he .ail-fchc. toger.^, 
2 - Bill llcnderer ; tail even 1 *=*'1 blue-green. 
Inhabits Mddaj^a/car r above 1 1 inches long. 
Bill and area of the eyes black ; crowi greenilh-bay , legs 
brown ; cluzos black* 
l%n. Grcqn, beneath yellowifh ; rump blue ; tail 
Inhzhits Philippine IJles; zbova SI laches long. 
Bill and line through the eyes black ; legs and claws brown. 
beneath 
reddifli-yellow ; 
Cinereous B. 
Variegated red and ytellow, 
a longeft tail-feathers red. 
Inhabits New Spain : 9 a inches long. 
Bill green ; head, quill and lateral tail-feathers cinereous 
Whitifli ; head varied with white and tawny ; breaft red- 
difli ; back yellow ; rump, wings and tail rufous ; 
2 middle tail-feathers very long. rellaw B- 
Inhabits Afva ? so inches long. • j . vel- 
BM Ihort, yellowifh-green ; tongue long, 
low ; eyelids red ; a middle tail-feathers 8 me S 
tlian the reft. 
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