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(Coraciidt^) 
The rollers are distribated throughout mciat parts of the 
Old World. They are fairly larg-c birds, nearly of pigpeon 
size, and the pluma^^fe is often very brilliant in colour, The 
popular name is derived from their very curious habit of 
tnmblin^r about during flight, a character especially well 
marked in the breeding season. The e^s;s are white. Two 
forms are not uncommon in Singapore where in certain local- 
ities, in the evening, their curious antics in the air may be 
watched. We not rarefy hear the local species referred to as 
"blue-jays" by Europeans, not an unnatural mistake to make. 
