186 CLASS AVES. 



pure blue on the tip of wing ; pretty nearly the size 

 of the jay. It is a very wild bird, though sociable 

 enough with its consimilars ; it is clamorous, nestles 

 in the hollows of trees, and quits us in winter. It 

 lives on worms, insects, and small frogs. 



Some foreign rollers have, like ours, the tail square ; 

 but still the external tail-quills in our roller are a little 

 elongated in the male, which is the first indication of 

 their great elongation in many other species. 



Bengal Roller. C. Bengalensis. Enl. 285. 



Top of the head, green ; hind part of neck and back, 

 fulvous ; lower part of back, blue ; belly, blue-green ; 

 throat, reddish white. The same as Indica, Edw. 326, 

 and Albin''s figure, 1. 17, cited under caudata. 



Coracias Viridis Nob. Vail. I. 36. Vieil. 

 Gal. 110. 



Forehead and throat, reddish white ; top of head and 

 neck, of back, scapulars, wing-coverts, and under- 

 neath, aquamarine. East Indies. 



Coracias Temminckii. Vail. pi. G. 



Tuft of feathers on head, aquamarine ; neck, throat, 

 underneath, cropper, and tail, indigo-blue ; back, 

 scapulars, and wings, full green. 



Abyssinian Roller. C. Abyssinica^ Enl. 626. 



Head, neck, and wing-coverts, green ; shoulders, 

 quills, and rump, blue ; back, brown ; 18 inches. 

 Abyssinia. C. Senegala. Enl. 326. Edw. 327, is a 



