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Suborder COBACI^. 



Family GORACIIDJi:. 

 Genus CORACIAS Linnceus, Hjst. Nat. 1758, p. 107. 

 Type : C. garralus Linn. 



Cdriic'ias=KopaKias, like a Crow. KopoJ, a bird of the Crow kind, Aristotle, 

 H. A. ix. 24, 6. 



Coracias garrulus. Roller. 



Coracias garrulus Lmnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 107 : 



Sweden. 



Coracias garrula Linn. ; B. O. IT. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 82 ; 

 Sharpe, Gat. Birds B. M. xvii. 1892, p. 15 ; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 281. 

 Gari'ulus = a, Jay, in late Latin; from gaiTUlus=ahsMaTimg. 



Distribution in the British Inlands. — An Occasional Visitor. 

 It has occurred in most parts of the British Islands, some 

 individuals in spring, but the majority in autumn, and 

 has wandered as far north as the Orkneys and as far west as 

 St. Kilda. Most of the specimens recorded, over a hundred 

 in number, have occurred in the south and east of England. 



General Distribution. — The Roller breeds in Europe from 

 about 61° N. latitude in Scandinavia, south to the Mediter- 

 ranean ; also in western Siberia, and north-west Africa as 

 far east as Tunisia. In winter it ranges to southern Africa 

 and India. It is accidental in the Faeroes, north Norway, 

 and the Canary Islands. In Asia, from Transcaspia to 

 Kashmir, a slightly different form has been recognised. 



Order STRIGIFORMES. 



Family FLAMMEIDiE. 



Genus FLAMMEA Foumel, Faune de la Moselle, i. 1836, 



p. 101. 



Type: F. flammea (JAnw.). 

 Flammea = flame- coloured. 



