GARRULOUS ROLLER. 
of Strasburgh Jay, Sea Magpye, Birch Alag^ 
pye, and German Parror, which this bird ha; 
received in different countries, have been ap-' 
plied at random, from popular and superficia 
analogies." 
As our figure is that of Edwards, we shal 
subjoin his description — " This bird," say 
he, "is of the bigness of a Magpye; bu 
longer-winged and shorter-legged and tailed 
m proportion. The bill is long ; prett 
straight ; a little hooked at the point ; blac 
of colour; and beset, on each side, at it's basei 
v>/ith black stiff hairs. The eye is enccm 
passed, for a small space, with a brown ski] 
bare of feathers : it has, also, a small knob, o 
excrescence, a little behind each eye, void c 
feathers. The whole head, neck, breast 
belly, thighs, and coverts beneath the tail, ar 
of a light blueish green; though somewha 
darker on the crown of the head, and uppe 
part of the neck, than on the under side. Th 
neck, before, has light or whitish dashes dow 
the shafts of ihc feathers. M he back is of 
reddksh brown, with a small mixture of gree 
on the edges of the feathers. l"he quills c 
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