ROLLER. lOJ) 



(lark bluish black ; cliin greyish white ; throat vcrditcr ; all 

 the under surface of the body, and the under wing-coverts, 

 pale bluish green ; under surface of primaries and secondaries 

 rich lierlin blue ; under surface of the tail-feathers Jierlin 

 blue for two-thirds of their length, then tipped with greyish 

 blue; the outer elongated tail-feather on each side almost 

 wholly blue, but tipped with dark blue ; these longer outside 

 tail-feathers distinguish the male bird : the legs and toes 

 yellowish brown ; the claws black. 



The whole length of the bird thirteen inches. From the 

 carpal joint to the end of the wing eight inches ; the first 

 f[uill-featlier rather longer than the fourth ; the second rather 

 longer than the third, and the longest in the wing. 



Advdt females do not differ from males in colour. 



Young birds do not attain to brilliant colours till their 

 second year, previous to Avliich they are dull brown above, 

 and greyish green underneath. 



Beneath are representations of the breast-bone of the 

 Holler in two different points of view. 



