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The young, until after their first autumn, are destitute of 

 the black on the throat, and of the blue line beneath the eye, 

 and their two central tail-feathers very short. 



The range of this species appears to extend to some of the 

 islands in the Eastern Archipelago, since specimens brought 

 by Mr. Wallace from the Island of Lombock are identical with 

 the birds found in Australia. 



Family CORACID^. 



Genus EURYSTOMUS, Vieillot 



One species of this genus is found in Australia, and others 

 inhabit India, the Indian islands, and Africa. They are 

 closely allied to the Rollers, and not very distantly related to 

 the Kingfishers. 



Sp. 59. EURYSTOMUS PACIFICUS. 



Australian Roller. 



Curacias pacifica, Lath. Ind. Orn. Supp., p. xxvii. 



{Galgulus) pacifica, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., toin. xxix. 



P- • 



Eurystomus orientalis, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 202. 



Australis, Swains. Anim. in Menag., p. 326. 



pacificiis, G. R. Gray, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1843, p. 190. 



Galgulus pa cificus, Vieill. Ency. Meth., part ii. p. 870. 

 Colaris pacificus, Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis,, p. 7. 

 Pacific Roller, Lath. Gen. Syn. Supp., vol. ii. p. 371 ? 

 Naty-kin, Aborigines of New South Wales. 

 Dollar Bird of the Colonists. 



Eurystomus Australis, Gould, Birds of Australia, foL, vol. ii. pi. 17. 



In Australia the Roller would appear to be a very local 

 species, for I have never seen it from any other part of the 

 country than New South Wales ; but the late Mr. Elsey in- 

 formed me that he found it very common in the Victoria 



