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the tail-feathers sometimes appear nearly 
even at the end. These are probably 
either young birds or females. 
Very few instances, as Latham has 
justly intimated, can be adduced of the 
Roller having been found in this country, 
and these can onlv be accounted for from 
accidental circumstances attending their 
migrations. For it is a migratory bird. 
It is found in Germany, Italy, Spain> 
France, Sicily, and Malta. In the last oj 
these places they are sold at the Poulter- 
ers' shops. It has been seen in Sweden, but 
seems most to abound in Africa. It is 
often seen in company with woodpeckers, 
crows, and rooks, in tilled grounds, which 
are in the vicinity of woods; and feeds on 
seeds, roots, worms, caterpillars, grass- 
hoppers, <fcc. 
. The note of this bird is loud and chat- 
tering, from whence it derives its Latin 
name. 
Russel in his History of Aleppo, informs 
us that this bird is known to the natives 
by the name Quies Nidjes, or the beautiful 
impure. 
