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WHITE-FRONTED ROLLER. 



Coracias albifrons, C. thalassina, f route alba, dorso scapu^ 



laribus ferrugineis, humeris remigihus uropygioque cceruleis^ 



Cauda longissime forficata. 

 Sea-green Roller, with the front white, the back and scapulars 



ferruginous, the shoulders, quill feathers, and rump blue, 



and the tail forked to a great extent. 

 Coracias Senegala. Senegal Roller. Lath. ind. orn> 8f syn, 

 RoUier du Senegal. Buff, ois, PL Enl. 326. 

 Swallow-tailed Indian Roller. Edwards, pi. 327. 

 Coracias Abyssinica. Abyssinian Roller. Lath. ind. orn. ^ 



Rollier d'Abyssinie. Buff. ois. PL Enl. 626. 

 Sheregrig. Bruce's Travels. Append, p. 182. 



The size of this elegant species is rather less 

 than that of a Jay; the colours as particularized 

 in the specific character: the two long tail-feathers 

 extend to the distance of five inches beyond the 

 rest, the whole projecting part being of a fine deep 

 blue colour : the bill is black; and the legs reddish 

 brown. This species^ like the preceding, seems to 

 have been unnecessarily described under two dif- 

 ferent titles, and considered as constituting two 

 distinct species, but it is impossible to collate the 

 descriptions and figures of authors without sup- 

 posing that the Abyssinian and Senegal Rollers 

 are in reality the same. 



Mr. Bruce, in the Appendix to his travels, has 

 described and figured this species under the title 

 of Sheregrig, " Its belly,'* says he, " and inside 

 of its wings are of a most beautiful pale blue : the 



