

Order II. PASSERES. Tribe IV. Fissibostres Diuen^. 



The third Family, 



CORACIADiE, or Rollers, 



have the Bill more or less lengthened, and broad at the base, with the sides compressed towards the tip, 

 which is hooked ; the Nostrils basal, lateral, with the opening linear or oval ; the Wings long and 

 pointed ; the Tail generally short and even ; the Tarsi short ; the Toes moderate, sometimes free, or the 

 outer toe united at the base with the middle one. 



The first Subfamily, 



CORACIANiE, or Rollers, 



have the Bill moderate, higher than broad at the base, the sides much compressed towards the tip, 

 which overhangs the lower mandible ; the nostrils basal, lateral, linear, and oblique ; the Wings 

 moderate ; the Tail moderate, and the side feathers sometimes lengthened ; the Tarsi short ; the Toes 

 moderate, and free at the base. 



Brachypteracias Lafr* 



Bill long, broad, and rather depressed at the base, the culmen gradually curved to the tip, with the 

 sides compressed ; the nostrils basal, linear, and oblique. Wings short, reaching to the base of the tail, 

 with the two first quills much graduated, and the four next nearly equal and longest. Tail lengthened 

 and rounded. Tarsi lengthened, slender, and covered in front with transverse scales. Toes moderate, 

 the outer toe longer than the inner, and the hind toe very short ; all armed with short curved claws. 



They are found in Madagascar, but their habits and manners are unknown. 



1. B. leptosomus (Less.) Less. 111. Zool. t. 22., Mag tie Zool. | 2. B. pittoides Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1834. Ois. t. 32. 

 1834. Ois. t. 31. I 



Coracias Linn.f 



Bill long, straight, more elevated at the base than broad, the sides much compressed, and the tip bent 

 over that of the lower mandible ; the nostrils basal, linear, oblique, and partly covered by a feathered 

 membrane. Wings moderate and pointed, with the second and third quills the longest. Tail long and 



* The Baron de Lafresnaye established this genus in 1834 (Magazin de Zoologie, 1834). Chloropygia of Mr. Swainson (1837) is 

 coequal. 



f It was in 1735 that Linnseus first published this division under the above name, which in 1760 Brisson changed to Galgulus. 



