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Genus XIII. ROLLER, 



N°i. Garrulous R. 



N° 9. Blue R. 



2. Abyffinian R. 



10. Ultramarine R D 



3. Senegal R. 



11. Madagafcar R. 



4. Long-tailed R, 



12. Mexican R. 



5, Bengal R. 



13. Blue-ftriped R. 



6. Oriental R, 



14. Chinefe R. 



[ 7. Indian R. 



15. Cayenne R. 



8. Cape R, 



16. PiedR. 



^HE characters of this genus are, 



The bill ftrait, bending towards the tip, edges cultrated, 

 Noftrils narrow and naked. 

 Legs, for the moil part, fhort. 

 Toes placed three before, and one behind ; divided to their 



origin. 



This genus is not confined to one fpot of the globe, as one or 

 other of the following fpecies may be met with in all the four 

 quarters of it. It differs from the laft chiefly in the noftrils, 

 which are apparent in all the fpecies,- being deftkute of reflected 

 briftles. The fhortnefs of the legs likewife is another charadte- 

 riftic, and holds good at leaft in all which have come under my in- 

 fpeclion. I have thought it right to divide the whole of the fol- 

 lowing lift into different fpecies, though perhaps without juft 

 foundation, and of which the reader muft judge for himfelf. 



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