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COEACIAS GAEEULA. 



(COMMON ROLLER.) 



Coracias garrula, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 159 (1766). 

 Galgulus garrulus, Vieill. Enc. Meth. ii. p. 866 (1823). 

 Coracias loquax, Licht. Nomenc. Av. p. 68 (1854). 

 Coracias bengalensis, Keul. Ned. Tijdschr. iii. p. 380 (1866). 



Bollier, French ; Galgulo, Carlanco, Spanish ; Rollieiro, Portuguese ; Ghiandaja marina, 

 Italian; Blauracke, German; Ellekrage, Danish; Blaaraake, Norwegian. 



C. fronte et mento albidis : pileo toto, tectricibus alarum et corpore subtus viridibus, genis cum gutture imo 

 argenteo-cyaneo longitudinaliter striatis : tectricibus alarum minoribus et uropygio violaceis : dorso 

 superiore cum scapularibus et secundariis interioribus ddute cinnamomeis : rectricibus duabus mediis 

 olivascenti-viridibus, reliquis ad basin viridibus apicem versus cyanescentibus, duabus extimis nigro 

 terminatis. 



Adult Male. Forehead and chin hoary white ; crown of head and back of neck pale blue, tinged with green 

 in some lights ; upper portion of the back and scapulars pale reddish brown ; least wing-coverts rich 

 ultramarine, all the rest of the wing-coverts pale blue ; qudls brownish black, the primaries slightly 

 glossed with dull blue on the outer web, the inner web for the most part deep ultramarine on the .under 

 surface ; the secondaries brownish black, pale blue at the base, slightly glossed with ultramarine on the 

 under surface, the outer web glossed with greenish blue or ultramarine, but those feathers nearest the 

 back becoming reddish brown on the outer web, until the dorsal secondaries are nearly entirely of the 

 same colour as the scapulars ; lower portion of the back and rump deep ultramarine, varied in some 

 lights with pale blue ; upper tail-coverts greenish blue ; tad blackish brown, the two middle feathers 

 dirty green, all the other feathers at their bases dull blue above, rich ultramarine below, the tips pale 

 blue, the two outer feathers having a dud blue spot at the tip; cheeks and throat pale blue, longi- 

 tudinally marked with narrow lines of sdvery blue ; rest of the under surface of the body pale greenish 

 blue, a few of the dark shafts of the feathers occasionally showing ; under wing-coverts pale blue like 

 the breast; bill black; feet yeUowish brown; iris brownish grey. Total length 12 inches, of bill from 

 front, 1-3, wing 7 - 6, tad 4 - 4, tarsus, 0-7, middle toe T05. 



Adult Female. Similar to the adult male. 



young Female. Head pale brown, glossed with dull green, traces of brighter colour being apparent on the 

 cheeks, sides of the head, and nape ; back and scapulars dull reddish brown ; least wing-coverts pale 

 blue washed with ultramarine, all the other wing-coverts pale blue washed with reddish brown ; quids 

 blackish brown, above beautiful ultramarine below, the secondaries pale blue at the base, those nearest 

 the back being entirely reddish brown like the scapulars ; lower part of the back and rump pale blue, 

 becoming washed with ultramarine ; tail blackish brown, the two centre feathers dull greenish, the rest 

 of the feathers dark ultramarine at the base of the inner web, the outer web and tip of each feather 

 pale blue, a silvery light playing upon the feathers when seen from above ; chin and forehead hoary 

 white ; throat and cheeks dull greenish blue, the central white streaks very distinct ; upper portion of 



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