SWALLOW-TAILED INDIAN ROLLER. 
outer feathers of the tail. Brisson has given 
a figure and description of another Long- 
Tailed Roller, which agiees in shape with 
mine ; but his description differs so much, 
that I think it cannot be specifically the same. 
He calls it, RoUier d'Angola. I believe," 
concludes Edwards, " this bird has not, till 
now, been figured or described." 
It must be confessed, that what Edward savs, 
relative to the Angola Roller of Brisson, seems 
favourable to the opinion advanced in Buffon. 
We shall, therefore, add the whole of his de- 
scription, not only of the Senegal Roller, but 
of the Angola Roller likewise. 
The Abyssinian Roller, or Coraclas Abys- 
sinica of Gmelin, is much like the European 
Roller in it's plumage ; only it's colours are 
more lively and brilliant, which must be as- 
cribed to the influence of a drier and hotter 
climate. On the other hand, it resembles 
the Angola Roller, by the length of the rvvo 
side feathers of it's tail, which projccft five 
inches beyond the rest. In short, this bird 
seems to occupy a place between the European 
and 
