ROLLER. 



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INSESSORES. 



FISSIROSTRES. 



MEROPlD.l^. 



THE ROLLER. 



oincias "or 



ula, Garrulous Roller, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 300. 

 Mont. Ornith. Diet. 

 Bewick, Brit, Birds, vol. i. p. 106. 

 Flem. Brit. An. p. 88. 

 Selbv, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 117. 

 Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 156. 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. v. 

 Temji. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 127. 



The 

 Garrulous 



The 



Rollier vulsraire 



CoRACiAS. Generic Characters. — Beak of moderate size, compressed, straigiit, 

 with cutting edges, upper mandible curved downwards at the point; gape wide ; 

 the sides bristled. Nostrils basal, lateral, linear, pierced obliquely, partly hid 

 by a membrane furnished with feathers. Legs with the tarsus shorter than the 

 middle toe ; thiee toes in front, and one behind. Wings long ; the first quill- 

 feather a little shorter than the second, which is the longest in the wing. 



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