. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. ih I. ^X' Ui'-\ AZriiK-r'.iii'iM'i:ii [u:\\':ii'iniis AiiuHini. :-'i-'' ")â III If -^H i ^Hf'H : 'd. ^^^^^Hllf'i' 1'' i ^^BKmnrL' ;pi,â J as the plumes of the tliroat. TIio .neiieiul Ime nl' the iiiuler siirlace is Itui'f dashed with preen, and the si(h' of tlie wiiii^s and tail is dark Imil' without the green tinge. The eyes are reddish-hrdwii, and the lieak is hlue-orcy. Tlie sexes are very similar in colour, Init the tciaale is lo he ilistiu;^qiislu'd from Iiot mat
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. ih I. ^X' Ui'-\ AZriiK-r'.iii'iM'i:ii [u:\\':ii'iniis AiiuHini. :-'i-'' ")â III If -^H i ^Hf'H : 'd. ^^^^^Hllf'i' 1'' i ^^BKmnrL' ;pi,â J as the plumes of the tliroat. TIio .neiieiul Ime nl' the iiiuler siirlace is Itui'f dashed with preen, and the si(h' of tlie wiiii^s and tail is dark Imil' without the green tinge. The eyes are reddish-hrdwii, and the lieak is hlue-orcy. Tlie sexes are very similar in colour, Init the tciaale is lo he ilistiu;^qiislu'd from Iiot mate hy her inferior dimensions. The ,' l)irds arc; not so lirilliant in their colours, and they arc devoid of the beautiful iieudcut plunuvj;e of the neck and throat. TlIKKE is a very bi'iuitii'ul and closcly-allicd species to the above bird, namely, the liOSE-UKliASTKD NyCTI01;NIS, or UkU-FACKD NkUIT-FKEDKR (Xi/rtioniifi aiiiicf'l), <if wllicll a passing mention has already lieen made. This beautiful bird is a native of India, and is supposed to feed chielly by ni;;ht, although the fact is not very clearly ascertained. In the beauty and delicacy of the tints which stain its jpluman-e, it may challenge even â with the trogruis themselves. Tiie crown of the head is a line lilac, and the face, pari: of the throat, and the up])er pari; of the breast, are a bright Tiie remainder of the plumage is golden green. The total length rather exceeds one foot. ndin'ercnllv the name of liflJjX'K's TlIK very handsoHK^ bird wliich is indillerenlly known hy ,,. ....... Bee-eateu, and tin- JJLUH-iiEl-Lii'.i) 1'.I':i;-i:ati:i!, is an iidiabitant of Western Africa, and has been taken in Senegah It is a truly beautiful creature, elegant in form and very brilliant in colour. It is not a very large bird, being considerably smaller than tin' common IJee-eatcr of Europe, and measuring only seven inches in total hMigth, of which the bill occupies ouj Please
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