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CORACIAS GARRULA. 
GARRULOUS ROLLER. 
JBlue, back red; quill feathers black. 
Coracias Garrula, Lin. Gme. 
Le Rollier, BufFon. 
Roller, Pennant, Bewick. 
Garrulous Roller, Lath. Mont. Shaw. 
PROVINCIAL. 
STRASBURG JAY, SEA MAGPIE, BIRCH 
MAGPIE, GERMAN PARROT. 
The common or European Roller is 
about the size of the jay, and is a bird of 
an elegant shape, the orbits of the eyes 
are bare, and beyond each eye is a small 
bare spot or tubercle. 
It builds its nest in trees, particularly 
the birch and beech; its eggs are of a pale 
green, with innumerable dusky spots. The 
young birds do not acquire the delicate 
blue colour till the second year. 
In some individuals the back is of a 
brighter or redder cast than in others, and 
