. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . e third not much longer than the fourth, with whichit is united to more than half its length ; the scutella curved, slender, much compressed, very acute, those ofthe second and third toes with dilated inner edges. Plumage generally blended, but rather firm and glossy ; thefeathers oblong. Wings long, pointed, very broad ; the qui
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . e third not much longer than the fourth, with whichit is united to more than half its length ; the scutella curved, slender, much compressed, very acute, those ofthe second and third toes with dilated inner edges. Plumage generally blended, but rather firm and glossy ; thefeathers oblong. Wings long, pointed, very broad ; the quillstwenty-three, the primaries much longer than the secondaries;the first quill extremely small, the second longest; the secon- 684 MEROPS. BEE-EATER. daries emarginate. The tail long, of twelve feathers, of whichthe two middle are generally much longer and pointed. The Bee-eaters, which are of a more elongated form thanthe Kingfishers, and for the most part gaudily coloured, belongto the warmer regions of the Old Continent and its feed upon insects, have a rapid and buoyant flight, andgenerally nestle in holes. One species visits this country atirregular intervals. CM MEROPS APIASTER. THE YELLOWTHROATED BEE-EATER. COMMON Fie. 5:76. Merops Apiaster. Linn. Sysfc. Nat,, I. 182. Merops Apiaster. Lath. Ind. Orn. L 269. Merops chrysocephalus. Lath. Ind. Orn. L 273. Common Bee-eater. Mont. Orn. Diet. Guepier vulgaire. Merops Apiaster. Temm. Man. dOrn. L 420. Common Bee-eater. Merops Apiaster. Selb. Illustr. I. 114. Merops Apiaster. Common Bee-eater. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 156. Upper part of head, hind-nech^ and part of the back, brownish-red, that colour fading into yellow on the rump and scapulars ;forehead pale blue ; loral space and a band behind the eye black ;throat rich yellow, that colour bounded by a band of black, thelower parts light green. Male.—The Common or Yellow-throated Bee-eater is of arather slender and elongated form ; with the neck short,
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