10 ROLLER 
of May, 1849, near Nutley, on the borders of Ashdown Forest, 
in Sussex; one at Oakington, in Cambridgeshire, in October, 
1835. One in Northumberland, near Newcastle; another near 
North Shields; a third in Bromley-hope, near Bywell, in 
May, 1818; and another, a female, was found dead at Howick, 
June 19th., 1828. Six in Suffolk and Norfolk; the latest in 
1838. 
In Ireland, one is related to have been seen at Carton, 
the seat of ‘Ireland’s only duke,’ the Duke of Leinster, in 
the middle of September, 1831; another to have been shot 
in the county of Sligo; and another somewhere in the south. 
In Scotland a few individuals have been met with—one 
on the eastern side, one at Dunkeld, in Perthshire, and two 
in the Orkney Islands; one from the south of Shetland, sent 
to Sir William Jardine, Bart., as a curious kind of Duck! 
One at Strathbeg Loch, between Peterhead and Fraserburgh; 
and another, a female, was shot in the woods of Boyndie, 
near Banff, on the 25th. of September, 1848: a strong gale 
from the east had prevailed for some days previously. 
The Rolle? may be tamed if taken young, but not other- 
wise: they become, however, only familiar with their masters; 
to others they are distant; and are in their wild state very 
restless birds, never long remaining stationary. They are 
very shy and wary, and quarrelsome among themselves, though 
they live amicably with other birds, except those of prey: 
they frequently fall to the ground together in their contests. 
Nevertheless, they breed in societies, a single pair being seldom 
seen alone at that season. These birds are said to have a 
habit of dropping through the air, like the Tumbler Pigeon, 
and particularly during the time that the hen is sitting the 
male bird thus amuses himself: perhaps at times bis partner 
also: hence probably the name. 
The flight of the Roller is quick, with hurried fiappings 
of the wings, and resembles that of the Pigeon. They hop 
awkwardly, rather than walk, on the ground, and for the 
most part prefer keeping in trees, perching on the outermost 
and most exposed branches. They frequent the lower districts, 
avoiding those that are mountainous, or swampy. 
Their food consists of the larger beetles, eockchaffers, grass- 
hoppers, and other insects and their larve. Flies they capture 
in the air, somewhat after the manner of the Flycatchers; 
but they also take their food on the ground, and may be 
seen, like Rooks, in the ploughed fieids. They also feed on 
