EUROPEAN ROLLER. 
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forked ; feet and tarsi short, more incessorial 
than in the last, lateral toes very unequal. 
Type. — Coracias garrula, Abyssinica. 
Note Colours of the plumage brilliant blue 
and green, mixed with chestnut. 
Europe, Asia, Africa. 
EUROPEAN ROLLER. 
Coracias garrula. — Linnasus. 
PLATE XXV. 
Coracias garrula, Linn Common or Garrulous Roller 
of British authors. 
This bird is yet another in our list of acciden- 
tal stragglers. It has been killed at various times, 
within the British bounds, in England, in the 
southern counties and as far as Northumberland ; 
in Scotland, the specimen which served Mr Selby 
for his figure, was killed in Dunkeld ; we know 
of another specimen taken in Dumfriesshire, and 
a third, now in our own collection, we received 
from the southern part of Shetland. We are not 
aware of its being recorded in Ireland, and it 
does not occur in Mr Thompson’s lists. On the 
Continent it is said to be frequent in Germany, 
and seems rather to stretch to the northern coun- 
tries than towards the south, which may account 
for our occasionally procuring stragglers upon 
the coast of Scotland. It is met with also in the 
