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DOCILE ROLLER. 



Coracias docilis. C. albo-riifescens, subtus ferruginea, remigibus 

 primoribus albo nigroque dimidiatis, cauda nigra apice alba, 



Rufescent-white Roller^ beneath ferruginous, with the primary 

 quill- feathers half black, half white^ and the tail black with 

 white tip. 



Coracias docilis. Daudin. orn. 



Size of a Jackdaw: bill and legs yellow: claws 

 flesh-coloured. Native of the Northern parts of 

 Asia; said to be of a very docile disposition in a 

 state of captivity, readily imitating the sounds 

 which it happens to hear. 



ORIENTAL ROLLER. 



Coracias orientalis. C. latirostris oUvacea, remigibus tkalassino 

 cxrulcoque vuriis, gula caudaqiie integm hasi ccsruleis. 



Green Roller, with the quill-feathers varied with sea-green 

 and blue, the throat and base of the tail blue. 



Le Kollier des Indes. Buf. ois. PL EnL 6l3. 



Size of a Jay: length ten inches and a half: 

 shape rather heavy: bill dull yellow, short, and 

 broad at the base: colour of the bird green-brown, 

 or deep blackish olive: throat, for a small distance 

 below the beak, blue with pale shafts: abdomen 

 and vent blue-green: wings coloured as in the 

 generality of Rollers, viz. deep blue, with a sea- 

 green middle bar, and black tips: base of the tail 

 deep blue 3 remainder black: legs brown: wings 



