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THE CRIMSON ROLLER.? 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill ftrait, bending a ilttle towards the end, edges culcratcd. 



Nostrils narrow and naked. 



To£s three forward, divided to their origin ; one backward. 



Pennant. Gen. p. lo. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 

 Crimfon Roller ? witJi the long wing-feathers and tail black. 



THIS moft beautiful fpecies of Coracias ? is a native of Cayenne, in 

 South America, and is not lefs remarkable for its extreme rarity, than 

 for the fuperior fplendor of its appearance j the whole biid (except the re- 

 miges or long wing-feathers and the tail, v.hich are black) being of the richeft 

 and moft vivid crimfon. The beak is orange-coloured : the head flightly crefted : 

 the hypochondria] or fide-feathers are confiderably longer than the reft ; the 

 legs and feet are dufl^y. 



This bird is an undoubted non-defcript, and may be numbered amongft the 

 moft fplendid birds of the American continent. Nothing is known of its par- 

 ticular hiftory or nianner of hfe. It was introduced to the knowledge of Eu- 



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