ROLLER. 



second rather longer than the third, and the longest in the 

 wing. 



Adult females do not differ from males in colour. 



Young birds do not attain to brilliant colours till their 

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

 and greyish green underneath. 



Beneath are representations of the breast-bone of the 

 Roller in two different points of view ; and the peculiari- 

 ties in its form, that of the double emargination of the 

 posterior edge on each side of the keel of the breast-bone, 

 will be observed to exist both in the Bee-eater and the 

 Kingfisher, to be hereafter figured. 



