4H 



& O L L E R» 



BLUE- STRIPED 



R. 



Pl. XVI. 



Description. 



Female. 



Place 



T ENGTH eight inches. Bill three quarters of an inch long* 

 bent at the tip, and of a black colour : irides red : general 

 colour of the plumage deep blue black, dafhed with ftreaks of 

 greenifh blue : tail and legs, black. 



The female is cinereous grey : top of the head darkeft : the co- 

 verts and quills are black, edged with cinereous ; tail plain grey? 

 legs black. 



Inhabits New Caledonia. 



14. 



CHINESE 



R. 



Pescripticn. 



Le RollieT de la Chine, 'Brif. orn. ii. p. 77. N° 5. pi. 6. f. 2. 

 Le Rolle de la Chine, Buf. oif. iii. p. 131. 

 Rollier de la Chine, Pl.-enl. 620. 



HIS is of the fize of a Jay : the -length eleven inches and s, 

 half. The bill and irides are red: the head*, hind part of 

 the neck, back, rump, and upper tail coverts, are green : through 

 the eyes on each fide is a black ftripe : the under parts of the 

 body, from chin to vent, are yellowifh white, tinged with green j 

 but the thighs are grey : wing coverts olive brown : quills the 

 fame, with a mixture of cheftnut in fome ; and others, neareft the 

 body, tipped with white : the tail is five inches in length, and 

 cuneiform, the outer feathers fhortening by degrees, like that of a 

 Magpie ; all of them are more or lefs green, verging to black 

 near the ends j the tips of all are white : the legs and claws are of 

 a pale red, and longer than in other Rollersi 



* This feefiis -erelted in the fh etiL but tins drcumftante is not mentiDned by 

 -Sri/Jin,, 



Inhabits 



