82 ROLLER. 



15— BLACK-HEADED ROLLER. 



Coracias melanocephala, Ind. Orn. i. 170. Daud. ii. 267. Shaw's Zool. vii. 397. 

 Black-headed Roller, Gen. Syn. Sup. p. 86. 



SIZE of a Jay. Bill red ; head and neck black ; hindhead 

 greyish ; upper parts of the body bluish purple, the under white ; 

 quills brown ; the two middle tail feathers blue, the rest purplish, all 

 of them tipped with white ; legs red. 



Supposed to inhabit China. — Described from drawings made 

 in that country. 



16— DOCILE ROLLER. 



Coracias docilis, Ind. Orn. i. 172. S. G. Gmel. It. iii. 378. t. 42. Daud. ii. 266. 



Shaw's Zool. vii. 403. 

 Docile Roller, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 120. 



SIZE of a Jackdaw. Bill yellow, rather bent, feathered on the 

 sides, and the under part covered with white feathers at the base ; 

 eyes black, round them dull grey, behind and beneath whitish, with 

 a slight mixture of red ; the upper parts of the head, neck, and 

 breast, much the same ; belly and vent chestnut brown ; the nine first 

 quills half white, half black, the rest wholly black ; tail black, 

 with the tip white. 



Inhabits Persia; and, according to Gmelin, has obtained its name 

 from imitating the words and actions of those around, such as crying, 

 laughing, and the like. 



