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CAFFRARIAN ROLLER. 



Coracias CafFra. C. ccerulea, remigibus margine exteriore luteis, 

 Lifi, Si/st. Nat. 



Blue Roller, with the exterior margin of the wing-feathers 



luteous. 

 Cape Roller. Lath. syn. 

 Blue and green Daw. Edwards, pi. 320.??? 



This species seems to be known only from the 

 short Linnaean description above quoted ; to which 

 however Linn^us adds that the female is of a 

 blueish black colour, and that the bird is an in- 

 habitant of Ethiopia. 



FAIRY ROLLER. 



Coracias Puella. C. cceruka, collo antice Sf laieribus, pectore, 

 abdomine, tectricibus alarum majoribus, remigibusque nigris. 

 Lath. ind. orn. 



Blue Roller, with the fore-part and sides of the neck, the breast 



and abdomen, the larger wing- coverts and quills black. 

 Fairy Roller. Lath. syn. 



Size of a Jackdaw, and a very beautiful bird: 

 bill black, strong, curved at the tip, and furnished 

 with hairs at the base: legs black: on each wing 

 are three small blue spots: the tail is of a dull 

 blue, but the blue on the other parts is remark- 

 ably vivid. Native of India, where it is said to be 

 known by the name of the blue Fairy-Bird. 



