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shoulder or top of its wings a dark blue : the middle 

 of the wing is traversed by a band of light blue : 

 the extremity of the wing, and the largest feathers 

 are of a dark blue: the two feathers of its tail, 

 where broad, are of a light blue, but the long 

 sharp single ones are of a dark blue, like the tips 

 of the wings: its bill is strong and well made, and 

 has a pencil of hairs as well as whiskers: round 

 where the beak joins the head the feathers are 

 white: the eye blaek and well proportioned, sur- 

 rounded by a flame-coloured iris: the back is of a 

 very light brown inclining to cream-colour, and of 

 a cast of red : the feet are flesh-coloured and scaly, 

 ^nd have three toes before and one behind, each 

 with a sharp claw." 



Mr. Bruce adds, that the Abyssinian Roller of 

 the Planches Enluminees was figured from the 

 specimen which he himself presented to the Count 

 de Buffon, but complains that it by no means ex- 

 presses with sufficient elegance either the form or 

 colours of the bird. 



V. VII, p. II. 



