310 AVES. 



Temia, Vaill.(l) 



The tail and carriage of the Pies, with an elevated beak, whose 

 upper mandible is arched, the base furnished with velvet feathers 

 almost like the Birds of Paradise. 



The most anciently known, Corvus varians, Lath.; Vaill. Afr. 

 56; Vieill. Gal. 106, is of a bronze green. *It is found in Africa 

 and in India. (2) 



Glaucopis, Forster.(3) 



The same beak and carriage, but there are two fleshy caruncles 

 under the base of the former. 



The species known, Glaucopis cinerea, Lath. Syn. I, pi. xiv, 

 is from New Holland, and is the size of a Pie; blackish, with a 

 cuneiform tail. It feeds on insects and berries, and perches but 

 seldom. Its flesh is highly esteemed. 



CoRAciAs, Lin. (4) 



The rollers have a strong beak, compressed near the point, which 

 is a little hooked. The nostrils are oblong, placed at the edge of 

 the feathers, but without being covered by them; the feet short and 

 stout. They belong to the eastern continent, and are like the Jays 

 in their habits and in the loose feathers on the forehead. Their co- 

 lours are vivid, but rarely harmonious. Some peculiarities of their 

 anatomy approximate them to the Kingfishers and Pies, such as two 

 emarginations in their sternum, a single pair of muscles to their 

 inferior larynx, and a membranous stomach. (5) 



The Rollers, properly so called. 



Have a straight beak, every where higher than wide. There is 

 one in Europe. 



Coracias garrula,'L.',^v\. A?,6. (The Common Roller.) Sea- 

 green; back and scapulars fawn-coloured; pure blue on the tip 

 of the wing; about the size of the Jay. It is a very wild bird, 

 although sociable enough with its fellows, noisy, nestles in the 



(1) Vieillot has chang'ed this name into CnrpsiKijfA, Gal. 106; Horsfield into 

 that of Phiienotkix. Temminck unites Temia with Glavcopis. 



(2) Add. Glaucopis kucoptera, Tem. Col. 285; Gl. temnura, Id. Col. 337. 



(3) Bechstein substitutes the term Callceas for that of Glaucopis. 



(4) This name, consecrated by Linnxus, has been chang-ed by Vieillot into that 

 of Galgalus, which, among the ancient Latins, belonged to the Oriole. 



(5) Nitsch, ap. Nauman", II, p. 156. 



