THE 
EUROPEAN BEE-EATER. 
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Generic Character . 
i?/// curved, comprelTed, carinated, and fharp- 
pointed. 
Tongue (generally) laciniated at the tip. 
Fee/ grefforial, /. e. three toes forward and one 
backward ; and the three lower joints of the 
middle toe clofely joined to thofe of the 
outmoft. 
Specific Character, &c. 
BEE-EATER with the back ferruginous, the 
abdomen and tail blue-green, the two mid- . 
die tail-feathers longer than the red:, the 
throat yellow. 
The COMMON BEE-EATER or MEROPS. 
The BEE-EATER. 
Will. p. 147. 
Le guepier. 
Buf. 6 . p. 480. t. 23. 
PI. enl. 938. 
This beautiful bird is a native of many of the 
warmer parts of Europe, but is never feen in the 
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