624 APPENDIX. 



II. ' R O L L E R. 



Roller. WiU on. 13 j. Spranfk Kraka, Blakraka, Al* 



Garrulus argent or at ep^fis. Raii lekraka. Faun. Suec.fp. 94. 



Jyn. at', 41. Ed-iv. 109. 



Galgulus, lc Rollier. Brijfon The Shagarag. Shavfs Tra- 



av. Ii. 64 /rt£. 5. i*&. 252. 



Coracias Garrula. Lin. fyjl. Ellekrage. Bnn:nich y 35. 



159. Birk-Heker; Blaue-Racke. 



Frifch, I. 57. 



(~\F thefe birds we have heard of only two being 

 feen at large in our ifland •, one was mot near 

 Heljl on- bridge, Cornwall and an account of it trans- 

 mitted to us by the Reverend Doctor William Bor- 

 lafe. They are frequent in mod parts of Europe, 

 and we have received them from Denmark. 



In fize it is equal to a jay. The bill is black, 

 Female. ftra5t > and hooke d at the point; the bafe befet: 

 with bridles : the fpace about the eyes is bare and 

 naked : behind each ear is alfo another bare fpot, 

 or protuberance : the head, neck, bread, and belly 

 are of a light bluifh green : the back, and fea- 

 thers of the wings next to it, are of a reddifli 

 brown : the coverts on the ridge of the wings are 

 of a rich blue ; beneath them of a pale green : the 

 upper part and tips of the quil-feathers are dufky ; 

 the lower parts of a fine deep blue -, the rump is of 

 the fame color : the tail confids of twelve feathers, 

 of which the outmod on each fide are confiderably 



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