GREEN-NECKED ROLLER. 107 



'We ground our belief that the Coracias Senegala 

 and Abyssmica are distinct species, solely upon the 

 faith we always repose on the remarkable accuracy 

 of Edwards, who expressly says, in his account of 

 the former, that " the hinder part of the neck" is of 

 " a reddish brown colour," and this singularly agrees 

 with the figure of the PL Enl. No. 326. There is 

 not the slightest reason to entertain Dr. Wagler's 

 suspicion that either of these figures are copies one 

 of the other. 



Total length, exclusive of the long tail-feathers, 

 12 inches ; bill, from the front, 1^ ; ditto, from the 

 gape, 1^; wings, 6; middle tail-feathers, 5 



