GAP.RULOUS ROLLER. 
Aldrovandus,'.' concludes BufFon, " who 
seems to have been weli acquainted with these 
birds, and who lived in a country which they 
inhabit, asserts that the Female differs much 
from the Male:. it's bill being thicker; and 
It's head, neck, breast, and belly, of a chesnut- 
colour bordering on ash-grey, while the cor- 
responding parts of the Male are the colour of 
the beryl, with diiferent reflexions of a duller 
green. I suspect, that the two long outside 
quills of the tail, and the warts behind the 
eyes, which appear only in some individuals, 
are the attributes of the Male; as the spur in 
the gallinaceous tribe, the long tail in the Pea- 
cock, &c." 
This bird is seldom or ever seen in Great 
Britain. The eggs, which are about the size 
of a Pigeon's, are of a pale green colour, with 
numerous dull spots. 
