CHAPTER XX. 



THE GARRULOUS ROLLER THE BEE-EATER THE KING-FISHER THE SWALLOWS 

 THE DOVES THE GOATSUCKER THE GROUSE AND PARTRIDGE FAMILIES 

 THE BUSTARDS. 



THE Garrulous Roller (Bld-Krdka, or Blue-Crow, Sw. ; 

 Coracias garrula, Linn.), though scarce in my vicinity, is 

 not at all uncommon during the summer months in the 

 southern and more central parts of Scandinavia. Its limits 

 to the northward do not appear to be clearly known. It 

 arrives in the peninsula at the beginning of May, and de- 

 parts in the middle of September. It is somewhat scarce 

 in Denmark. 



The roller is a most noisy bird ; hence its specific name. 

 It is described as being of a quarrelsome disposition, as 

 regards individuals of its own species at least ; for towards 

 other birds it is peaceable. It is said to be wild and shy, 

 and that it will not readily allow the sportsman to approach 

 within gun-shot. This may generally be the case, but in 



