WSESSORE& 



FISSIROSTRES. 



MEROPWrt. 



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THE ROLLER. 



Coracias garrula. 



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



w i r. MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



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



FLBM. Brit. An. p. 88. 



Garrulous SELBV, Brit. Ornith. voL i. p. 117. 



JBNYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 156. 



The GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt, v. 



Rottier vulgaire^ TKMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 127. 



CORACIAS. Generic Ctiaraders. 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 behind. Wings long ; the first qnill- 

 feather a little shorter than the second, which is the longest in the wing. 



THE fifth and last division of the INSESSORES, or Perching 

 Birds, is that of the FmnbtraflB, which, with slender or 



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