ROLLERS. 



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liar flight, which is varied and un.stfaiiy, and often the bird tunis over in the air like 

 •a tuml)lor pigeon. 



Tlio genus J'Jurijstomus is reinarkal)le for being rei)rcsente(l in Africa by ruddi- 

 colored species, wliile blue is the predominating coloration of those living in India and 

 further east; but Mr. K. iJ. Sharpe remarks that from his study of the kingfishers 

 (Alcedinidx') he is led to consider that the possession of a blue color by one species 

 and of a ruddy tint by another does not indicate remote relationship. "Change," he 





Kiu. I'jl. — J'^iiri/stomits oritnlaUtt, broad-biUuil roUer. 



says, "tiie lilac tints into blue all over the body, and liie African broad-ljilled rollers 

 assume the exact style of coloration as their eastern congeners." The broad-billed 

 rollers, like the true mllers, are saiil to be fnnil of tund)ling in the air. 



Lieutenant II. I!. Kelham makes tiie following remarks u])on the habits of J?, ori- 

 entafis: "I h.ardly like to say that it is nocturnal in its habits, still it is rarely met 

 with during the heat of the day; but in tlie country round Ivevala Kangsar, Perak, I 

 frequently saw it of an evening when on my way home after a day in the jungle; it 



