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ROLLER. 



GENUS XVI— ROLLER. 



1 Garrulous Roller : 



S Oriental R. 



17 Varied R. 



2 Bengal R. 



9 Specious R. 



18 Striated R. 



A Spotted R. 



10 Cape R. 



19 Streaked R. 



3 Indian R. 



11 Madagascar R. 



20 Hairy R. 



4 Long-tailed R. 



12 Blue-striped R. 



21 Mexican R. 



5 Senegal R. 



13 Black R. 



22 Cayenne R. 



6 Abyssinian R. 



14 African R. 



23 Piping R. 



A Var. 



A Var. 



24 Pied R. 



B Var. 



15 Black-headed R. 



25 Noisy R. 



7 Pacific R. 



16 Docile R, 



26 Fairy R. 



AN this Genus the bill is strait, bending towards the tip, edge 

 cultrated. 



Nostrils narrow, and naked. 



Legs, for the most part, short. 



Toes placed three before and one behind, divided to their origin. 



1.— GARRULOUS ROLLER. 



Coracias Garrula, Ind.Orn.i. 168. Lin. Syst.\. 159. Faun. Suec. No. 94. Gm. Lin. 



i. 378. Stop. Ann. i. No.44. Brun. No. 35. Muller. No; 94. Bor. Nat. ii. 111. 



1. 10, Daud.ii. 257. Bechst. Deutsch.il. 472. Shaw's Zool. vii. 388. t. 50. 



Tern. Man. d'Orn: p. 78. Id. Ed. ii. p. 126. 

 Coracias coerulea, Gerin. ii. 1. 153; Id. p. 45. 1. 164. 

 Galgulus, Bris. ii. 64. t. 5. f. 2. Id. 8vo. i. 173. Sch. el. t. 35. 

 Cornix coerulea Gesneri, Raii Syn. p. 49. Will, p, 85. 

 Pica marina, Raii Syn. p. 41. Will. p. 89. 

 Garrulns Argentoratensis, Raii Syn. p. 41. 3. Will. 89. t. 20. Klein. Av. 62. 7. Id. 



Stem. 1. 12. f. 3. a. b. Id. Ov. t. 8. f. 1. Frisch. t. 57. 

 Die blaue Rache, oder der gemeine Birkheher, Schmid Vog. p. 46. t. 32. 

 Nussheer, Mandel Haher, Wirs. Vog. t. 5. Gunth. Nest. u. Ey. t. 14. 

 — — — Mandelkrahe, Naturf. ix. s. 45. 



