THE 
RED-HEADED BEE-EATER. 
Generic Character. 
Bill curved, comprefled, carinated, and fharp- 
pointed. 
Tongue (generally) laciniated at the tip. 
Beet grefforial . 
Specific Character, &c. 
Green BEE-EATER, yellowifh beneath, with 
red head, black eye-ftreak, and yellow throat. 
Le GUESPIER a tefte rouge des Indes. 
Brijf. ois. 4. p. 563. pi. 44. f 3. a. 
GUEPIER a tete rouge. 
Buf. ois. 6. p. 508. 
This bird is mod accurately defcribed in the fol¬ 
lowing manner by the celebrated Briffon. 
This fpecies of Bee-Eater I have never feen: but 
have taken its defcription from a figure drawn from 
nature by Monf. Poivre, and have caufed it to be 
engraved. In fize it rather exceeds the Bee-Eater 
of Angola. Its length from the tip of the beak to 
C 2 the 
