thought more prudent. to return.' ‘ We, accordingly, after
an expeditious walk, reached the ftream from whence we:;
had fet out in the morning, and..,taking up the tent^ arid. •
provifions which we had lefty i proceeded a little farther
down, to the flowing of the tide, and there pitched our
tents for ..the night,; i during which it rained very heavily;
with thunder and lightnings- The Wattled Bee-eater, of
which a plate is annexed, feil in our way during ’the courfe
o f the day. This bird is the flze of a mijfel.thrujby but much
larger in proportion; its total length being about fourteen
inches, The feathers on the upper part of the'head; longer
than the reft, give the appearance of a.creft; thofe of the under
part arc fmooth ;• the plumage for the moft part .is- brown,
the feathers long and pointed, aud^bdhh feather, has a-. ftreak
of white down ,the middle"; under the eye, on each fide, is
a.kind QÏ/wattley -,of an- orange colour ; the middle, of ithe'
belly is yeflow; the-tail is wedge-fliaped:,- finiilar to* fehat:b£:
the magpje£and the feathers tipped'.with white;>;thfe ibilfe
apd fegs, are brown.
, This bird faems to be peculiar to. N m Holhnd-4 andis'undoubtedly,
a; fpccics which has not hitherto been; déferibed.- 1
, i8th-. We began our progrefs early in. the morning,
bending