1 6 
PIES. 
XXVI. BEE- 
EATER. 
Bill, quadrangular, a little incurvated, (harp pointed. 
Nostrils, (mall, placed near the bafe. 
Tongue, (lender. 
Toes, three forward, one backward : The three lower joints of the 
middle toe clofely joined to thofe of the outmoft. 
Ex. 
Indian Bee-eater, Edw. CLXXXIII. 
Feeds on Bees, which it catches in its flight j from which the 
Englijh name. 
Inhabits Southern Europe , Afia y Africa , and America. 
Merops of Linnaeus, Apiajler of BriJ[on 3 IV. 532. The firft has 
VII fpecies, the lad XIII. 
XXVII.HOOPOE Bill, long, (lender, and bending. 
Ex. 
Nostrils, fmall, placed near the bafe. 
Tongue, (hort, fagittal. 
Toes, three forward, one backward , middle toe clofely united at 
the bafe to the outmoft. 
Hoopoe, Br. Zool. fol. tab. L. Br. Zool. I. tab. XXXIX. 
Inhabits Europe and Afia. 
Upupa of Linnaeus. Upupa and Promerops of Brijfon , II 45 6 . 460. 
Linn/eus has III fpecies. Brijfon I of the firft, V of the laft. 
XXVIII. 
CREEPER. 
Bill, very (lender, weak, incurvated. 
Nostrils, fmall. 
Tongue, not fo long as the bill ; hard, and (harp at the point. 
Toes, three forward, one backward ; large back toe, and long 
hooked claws. 
3 
Creeper, 
