216 



MEROPIM. 



MEROPIDJZ. 



FISS1ROSTRES. 



THE ROLLER. 



Coracias garrula. 



Coracias garrula, Garrulous Roller, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 300. 



n MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



The BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 106. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 88. 



Garrulous SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 117. 



n JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 156. 



The GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Rollier vulgaire, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 127. 



CORACIAS. Generic Characters. Beak of moderate size, compressed, 

 straight, 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 ; three toes in front, and one be- 

 hind. Wings long; the first quill-feather a little shorter than the second, 

 which is the longest in the wing. 



