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ANGOLA ROLLER. 



Coracias Angolensis. C. violaceo-ccerulescens, capite cotloque 

 ^ supra viridibusy dorso ferrugineo, alis cceruleiSf cauda longissime 

 forjicafa, 



Violaceo-caerulescent Roller, with the top of the head and 

 upper part of the neck green, the back ferruginous, the 

 wings blue, and the tail forked to a great extent. 

 , Coracias caudata. C. subfulva, suhtus ccerulescens, collo suhtus 

 violaceo pallida striata, rectricibus extimis tongissimis^ Lin. 



r Syst, Nat. 



Le Rollier d' Angola. Buff, ois. PI Enl. 88. 

 Long-Tailed Roller. Lath, syn. 



Size of a Jay: colours as expressed in the 

 specific character: shafts of the throat and breast- 

 feathers pale : wings very deep blue on the 

 shoulders and quiii-feathers, the larger coverts 

 paler or blue-green, the disposition of colours 

 being the same as in the White-Fronted Roller 

 but darker: the two middle tail-feathers dusky, 

 with a cast of green ; the two exterior feathers pro- 

 jecting in the form of two narrow plumes in the 

 same proportion as in the former species : the legs 

 are grey, and the bill blackish. Native of Angola, 



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