somewhat rounded in shape, and four or five in 

 number. 



The notes of the Roller consist of a variety of more or 

 less harsh screams and ejaculations, all discordant and 

 unpleasant to the human ear. 



I have had frequent opportunities of closely observing 

 the habits of this bird in Southern Europe ; he seems 

 to avoid closely- wooded localities, and generally selects 

 isolated tree-tops or telegraph-posts in an open country, 

 from which to watch for and capture his prey ; if several 

 individuals are about, they chase one another with loud 

 outcries, and seem eminently quarrelsome and unsociable ; 

 on the ground as might be expected, their actions are 

 very clumsy and grotesque. I have at this time of 

 writing two young Rollers alive at Lilford, one of 

 which is tame enough, and will take food from the 

 hand, whilst the other is wild, stupid, and a bully to its 

 more amenable companion. 



