4 to R O L L E R, 



ij. Coracias Bengalenfis, Lin. Syfi. i. p. 159. N° 5. 



BENGAL £e Rollier de Mindanao, Brif. orn. ii. p. 69. N° 2. pi. 6, f. I». 



Le Cuit, or. Rollier de Mindanao, Buf. oif. iii. p.. 144, 

 Rollier de Mindanao, PL enl. 285. 

 Bengal Pye, Alb'in. i. t.. 17. 



Description. T ENGTH twelve inches and a half: fize- of the laft. The 

 bill, as in that, blackilh : the top of the head is green,, 

 verging to blue near the eyes : the hind part of the neck fulvous, 

 with a violet tinge : the upper part of the back and fcapulars the 

 fame, but has a greenifh mixture, and in fome lights changing to 

 olive : the lower part of the back and rump blue, with a mixture 

 of green : throat rufous white: cheeks and fore part of the neck 

 violet, dafhed down the middle of each feather with blueifh white :-. 

 bread rufous,. inclining to violet:- belly, fides, thighs, under tail 

 and wing coverts, blue green: upper tail and lefTer wing coverts 

 fine deep blue ; the greater ones, fartheft from the body, blue- 

 green ; but thofe in the middle are blue and green mixed, and 

 thofe neareft the body green : the five firft quills are deep blue j, 

 the middle of the outer webs blue green : the fail feathers in this 

 bird are of equal lengths; the two middle ones dull green, tinged 

 with blue down the fhafts.;. the reft are blue for one third from 

 the bafe, then blue green,, with blue tips :: the legs are grey, and. 

 the claws blackilh. 

 StACEo. This inhabits Bengal and the ifle of Mindanao, where it is called. 



Quit. It does not effentially differ: from the laft .* : the chief 



* Nor fcarcely from the fecond and" third, fufficient to feparate them into- 

 different fpecies*. 



difference. 



