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The Roller, Garrulus Argentoratenfis. 



THe bird we defcribed was a Cock, and weighed fix ounces. Its length from Its weight 

 the tip of the Bill to the Claws eleven inches and an half, to the end of the ana mealures ' 

 Tail thirteen and an half: The breadth or diftance between the tips of the Wings 

 fpread twenty fix inches. 



The Bill was black, (harp, fomething hooked, other wife like to that of a Jay, from Bill, 

 the point to the Angles of the mouth I S T inches long. The Irides of the Eyes were £ y es - 

 of a pale hazel-colour. Near the Eyes, toward the hinder part of the Head, were ^[ e w«<>- 

 two bunches, as it were Warts, void of feathers. The Tongue black as in Jays, jagged ' Tonguej J " 

 or torn, but not cloven : The roof of the mouth green, and having a double cleft or. Palate. 

 fiffure. The bottom of the Palate is rugged or rough with little bunches. At the Bafe 

 of the Tongue there is only a little forked excrefcency oil each fide. The circUrrife- skinabouuhe 

 rence of the Eyes is bare or void of feathers. g Eyes bare. 



The Rump and lefler rows of covert feathers of the Wings are of a lovely blue or its colours. 

 ultramarine colour ( as the Painters call it. ) The. middle of the Back between the 

 fhoulders red : The Head of a fordid green, mingled with blue j of which colour is 

 alfo the Throat, with white lines in the middle of each feather. The Breaft and Belly 

 are of a pale blue, like thofe of a Pigeon. , ■ . 



The number of Sails in each Wing is twenty, of which the firfr, fecond, and third ^"f 

 are equal, and from the tenth all the reft. Almoft all of them have their lower half 

 blue, and the upper black. The foremoft are black almoft down to the bottom, only 

 in their exteriour Webs they have a mixture of blue. The covert feathers of the 

 Wings are of a pale blue, of which colour alfo, but paler are thofe that inveft the 

 underfide of the Wing. 



The Tail confifts of twelve feathers, of which the ten intermediate are equal, each Taiia 

 being four inches three quarters long : The two extreme longer than the reft by three 

 quarters of an inch. The two middlemoft are of a dark aih-colour,the next to them 

 have their tips of a bluifh white, which colour gradually inereafes in the reft, till, in 

 the outmoft it takes up half the feather. Below the white the interiour Webs of tha 

 feathers are black, and the exteriour blue : The tips of the outmoft feathers are 

 black. The tail-feathers and fails of the Wings where ever they are blackith above^ 

 are blue underneath. The outmoft feather of the * Ala notha is black, the reft **aftard- 



biue. ,.; , Wing ' 



The Feet are fhort, and like thofe of a Dove, of a dirty yellow colour : The Feet, Toes, 

 middle Toe the longeft, next to that the outmoft fore-toe. The Claw of the mid- and claws - 

 die Toe in the inner fide is edged. The Claws are black 5 and the Toes divided to the 

 bottom. 



The Stomach within was of a Saffron colour, and therein we found a large Grafs- Gizzard and 

 hopper : The Guts thirteen inches and an half long 5 the blind Guts two and an Gucs - 

 half. 



We found of thefe Birds not only in Germany, butaliointheliles of Sicily and its place. 

 Malta, to be fold in the Markets, andin the Poulterers (hops. 



There are many lingular and chara&eriftic marks in this bird 5 as 1. The knobs or 

 wart-like bunches under the eyes. 2. The figure of the Tail, the outmoft feather on 

 each fide being longer than the reft. 3. The Toes divided down to the bottom. 4.The 

 Tongue having only two forked Appendices ■ 



* Gefners bine Crow-> the fame Ifofyedt with the precedent. 



The blue Crow, whofe figure jfa. Kenttnannm, fent to Gefner, but the Hiftory 

 thereof George Fabruius out of Mifnia-^ is a wild bird, and not eafie to be tamed 3 

 called by the Mifnians, * Ein wild Holtzk?ae, of others, Galgen-regeU, or tiakftregek^yM***? 

 Itis found beyond the River Elb, in the Luchovian Foreft, and in the neighbouring ™ m ™° ' 

 Woods: It haunts and abides in deiart and unfrequented places. Some from the 

 colour call it Bin Teut\chen Pappagey, that is, The German Parrot. It is transported 

 into Forein Countries for no other commendation but the colour. So far George Fabri- 

 eius. The Bill ( as the Picture (hews ) is black : The Legs dusky, and for the propor- 

 tion of the body finally It is here and there all over the body, «ns. on the Head, 



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