. Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773 : in five volumes . Abyilinia ; it was a fecret of nature, hidfrom all but thefe two great men, and I moll willinglyleave it among the catalogue of their particular discover-ies. Bbs I have jparmans voyage, vol. 11. p, 192, jfca APPENDIX I have only toi add, that though Dr Sparman and hislearned aflbciates, that feed upon the crumbs from otherpeoples tables, may call this bird a cuckoo, ftill I hope hewill not infill upon correcting my miftake, as, in the articleof the fennec, by ignorantly tackin
. Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773 : in five volumes . Abyilinia ; it was a fecret of nature, hidfrom all but thefe two great men, and I moll willinglyleave it among the catalogue of their particular discover-ies. Bbs I have jparmans voyage, vol. 11. p, 192, jfca APPENDIX I have only toi add, that though Dr Sparman and hislearned aflbciates, that feed upon the crumbs from otherpeoples tables, may call this bird a cuckoo, ftill I hope hewill not infill upon correcting my miftake, as, in the articleof the fennec, by ignorantly tacking to it fome idle fable ofhis. own, that he may name k Cuculus Indicator. *%zm? S H E REGR I: Qg THIS bird is one of thofe called Rollier in French, ancfRollier in Englifh, without either nation being able tafay what is its fignification in either^ language. In theFrench it is the name of a tribe,.always as ill,delineated asit is defcribed, becaufe fcarce ever feen by thoie that eitherdefcribe, or delineate it; in LatiiMt is called Merops. Its truename, in its native country, is Sheregrig, and by this name 2 i£. Q y//ryYY//7r/ .c ZoTu&m ////>{i/M/ />,;:r//.-,,\). by ff-JSobmsan &. ?:.<Jc- APPENDIX: i8j ft is known in Syria, and Arabia, and in the low countryof Abyffinia, on the borders of- Sennaar, wherever theraare meadows, or longgrafs, interfperfed with lofty or fhadytrees. There are two different kinds of this bird in Syria con-wnderably varying in colours, the the back beingeonfiderably darker in that r of the Syriac, and the bluemuch deeper, chiefly on its wings ; the back-of the head,likewife brown, with very little pale-blue throughoutany part of it, and wanting the two long feathers in thetail. It is a fly-catcher, of bee-eater, of which thefe longfeathers are the mark. It is faid by Dr Shaw, and writersthat have defcribed it, to be of the fize of a jay, to whichindeed the Syrian bird approaches, but this before us feemsthe leaft of his kind, and
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