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Brown Tody, fig. i. 
T. with the whole upper part of a ferriginous brown : the coverts 
of the wings, eroded with a dufky bar : lower part of the body, 
olive, fpotted with white : tail, ferriginous. 
Size, larger than the former. 
Inhabits the hot parts of America. 
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VIL Genus XXVI. Bee-Eater. 
Indian Bee-Eater. 
Merops Viridis, Lin. Syji . 182. 
B. with head, and lower part of neck, of a fine light blue, bounded 
below by a line of black : a black line pafles from bill through 
the eyes to the hind part of the head : hind part of head and 
neck, of an orange red : upper part of back, coverts of wings, 
fecondaries, and tail, green : the middle part of the fecondaries, 
of a reddifh orange : lower part of back, of a light blue : 
bread and belly, of a yellowifh green : tail, long j two middle 
feathers two inches longer than the others, and appear like 
mere fhafts. 
Nearly the fize of a Redwing Thrudu 
Inhabits India. 
viil Genus XXIX. Hone y-Suckeji, 
Yellow-fronted H ONEY-SUCKER, fig. I . 
H. with a yellow forehead : green body and coverts of wings : 
black primaries and tail. 
Purple- 
