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forked ; feet and tarsi short, more ineessorial 

 than in the last, lateral toes very unequal. 



Type. Coracias garrula, Abyssinica. 



Note. Colours of the plumage brilliant blue 

 and green, mixed with chestnut. 



Europe, Asia, Africa. 



EUROPEAN ROLLER. 



Coracias garrula. LINN^US. 

 PLATE XXV. 



Coracias garrula, Linn. Common or Garrulous Roller 

 of British authors. 



This bird is yet another in our list of acciden- 

 tal stragglers. It has been killed at various times, 

 within the British bounds, in England, in the 

 southern counties and as far as Northumberland ; 

 in Scotland, the specimen which served Mr Selby 

 for his figure, was killed in Dunkeld ; we know 

 of another specimen taken in Dumfriesshire, and 

 a third, now in our own collection, we received 

 from the southern part of Shetland. We are not 

 aware of its being recorded in Ireland, and it 

 does not occur in Mr Thompson's lists. On the 

 Continent it is said to be frequent in Germany, 

 and seems rather to stretch to the northern coun- 

 tries than towards the south, which may account 

 for our occasionally procuring stragglers upon 

 the coast of Scotland. It is met with also in the 



