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variety. C. Caudata is an individual disfigured by 

 the head of Bengalensis. (Vail. loc. cit. p. 105.) 



Coracias Cyanogaster. Cuv. Vail. Ois. de Par. 

 pi. 26. 



Head, neck, and breast, red, shaded with green ; 

 beneath, crupper, and wing-coverts, blue ; tail, green. 

 Africa. 



Cor. Cqffra, where Shaw cites, Edw. 320, is a 

 blackbird. (Turdus Nitens.) C. Sinensis, Enl. 630, 

 from its notched bill, must also be approximated either 

 to the blackbirds or shrikes. M. Temmnick makes it a 

 Pyroll. Shaw thinks that C. Viridis. Lath, is a 

 King-^her. C. Strepera and C. Varia. Lath, are 

 Cassicans. C Militaris and C. Scutata, Shaw, are 

 Piauhaus. C Mexicana. Seb. 1, pi. 64. f. 5. is the 

 Jay of Canada. C. Cayana. Enl. 616. is a Ta- 

 nager.* 



The Rolles. (Colaris. Cuv.) 



Differ from the rollers by a shorter bill, more arched, 

 and especially enlarged at its base, so as to be less 

 high there than broad. 



* The following have been named elsewhere— 

 Coracias Docilis. Lath. 

 Coracias Coerulea. Lath. 

 Coracias Pilosa. Lath. 

 Coracias Cyanea Lath. 

 Coracias Puella. Lath. 

 Galgvlus Melanops. Vieil. Vail. ^O. 

 Coracias Nigra. Lath. 

 Coracias Striata. Lath. 

 Coracias Pacifica. Lath. 



