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38S GAURULOUS ^ROLLEIl. 



vade this beautiful genus, which nothing but a 

 long and perfect acquaintance with the respective 

 birds in all their stages of growth in their native 

 regions can entirely elucidate. In their manners 

 they are, in general, allied to the granivorous and 

 insectivorous part of the Crow tribe, and only one 

 species, the Coracias garrula or Common Roller, 

 has yet been discovered as a native of any part of 

 Europe. 



GARRULOUS ROLLER. 



Coracias garrula. C. thalassina, cauda subintegra, alls ccerulco 



thalassino nigroque mriis, dorso testaceo, uropygio cceruleo. 

 Sea-green Roller, with nearly even tail, wings varied with blue, 



sea-green, and black, testaceous back, and blue rump. 

 Coracias garrula. C. carulea, dorso rubro, remigibns nigris. 



Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Cornix caerulea. Gesn. Aldr. Raj. 'av. . 

 The Roller. Will. cm. Ray syn. Edwards. pL lOg. 

 Garrulous Roller. Lath, syn» Roller. Penn. Brit. Zool. 



append* 



Le Rollier. Bnss. orn. Buff, ois, PL Enl. 486. 



The common or European Roller is about the 

 size of a Jay, and is a bird of an elegant shape : 

 the bill is blacky the orbits of the eyes bare, and 

 beyond each eye is a small bare spot or tubercle : 

 the head, neck, breast, and under parts are of a 

 light blueish or sea-green colour, the feathers of 

 the neck and breast marked by a pale streak down 

 the shaft of each: the shoulders or parts invested 

 by the smaller wing- coverts are of a rich ultra- 



