406 



ULTRAMARINE ROLLER. 



plumage pale glossy blue-green, except the tips of 

 the wings, which are black; the under parts fer- 

 ruginous. 



ULTRAMARINE ROLLER. 



Coracias vivida. C. ccerulea tota vimdissima. Lath, ind, orn, 

 KoUer entirely of the most vivid blue. 

 Ultramarine Roller. Lath, syn. 



The length of this is said by Mr. Latham to be 

 eight inches: the bill as in the immediately pre- 

 ceding: the whole plumage of a rich glossy ultra- 

 marine blue, equal to the richest satin in lustre. 

 Native place unknown. 



Both this and the preceding are described by 

 Mr. Latham from specimens then in the British 

 Museum. The specimens were perhaps in a muti- 

 lated state, and may have been since destroyed. 



It is certain that those which appear to have 

 been often considered as the above Rollers of Mr. 

 Latham are no other than species of the genus 

 Alcedo or Kingfisher, the one being the Alcedo 

 atricapilla or Black-capped Kingfisher, and the 

 other the Alcedo Smyrnensis var. or Bengal 

 Kingfisher, both birds of peculiarly brilliant plum- 

 age. 



Two or three other birds, arranged by Mr. La- 

 tham and some others among the Rollers, I con- 

 sider as having a greater alliance to different 

 genera, in which they will be stationed in the 

 course of the present work. 



