110 BLUE-BODIED ROLLER. 



slightly shorter than the rest, and the two outer 

 ones extended beyond the others, in narrow fila- 

 ments, more than two inches: in the superior 

 length of the wings, and the emargination of its 

 quills at their tips, we trace an evident approxima- 

 tion to the next genus, Eurystomm : the under 

 wing-covers, and the breast plumes close to them, 

 are of the same turquois-green as the tail : bill and 

 legs blackish. 



Total length, 13 inches ; bill, gape, 1^ ; front, 1 T 2 C ; 

 wings, 7 ; tail beyond, 3^ ; depth of the fork, 2| ; 

 tarsus, T V 



WHITE-NAPED ROLLER. 



Coracias nuchalis* SWAINS. 



Collar round the nape, front, and eyebrows, white ; back, 

 scapulars, and tertials, obscure olive ; wing-covers vina- 

 ceous, margined with purple ; under plumage vinaceous, 

 striped with white. 



OP this rare and undescribed Roller, not more than 

 three specimens have as yet fallen under our in- 

 spection. Like the Indian Roller and its supposed 

 varieties, the under plumage is striped with white 

 upon a vinaceous or rufous-brown ground; but it 



