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MOUNTAIN BEE-EATER. 
(PL II.) 
BEAK curled, flatted, and heel-shaped. 
TONGUE divided at the point. 
TOES four, three before and one behind, united together as in the Kingfisher, or Alccedce Genus. 
LENGTH 
Eight inches and a half; bill one inch and an eighth and black ; eye orange ; 
lashes black ; forehead pea-green ; crown chesnut; through the eye and cheek black, 
edged with light blue; chin yellow, deepening to a chesnut as it passes to the throat, 
which is black ; neck, back, and shoulders, bright changeable pea-green ; rump and 
tail-coverts light blue; primaries green tipt with black; secondaries chesnut tipt 
with the same; greater wing-coverts blue ; breast and belly pea-green ; vent and under 
tail-coverts blue; tail black and forked, two outer feathers edged with green ; quills 
of two middle tail-feathers, extend an inch below the other ; legs and claws brown. 
INHABITS 
Mountains; frequents the Hawkesbury under the hills, where a few breed every 
summer. This species appears the latter end of September, and migrates in April. 
