GREEN-NECKED ROLLER. 107 
We ground our belief that the Coracias Senegala 
and Abyssinica are distinct species, solely upon the 
faith we always repose on the remarkable accuracy 
of Edwards, who expressly says, in his account of 
the former, that “ the hinder part of the neck” is of 
“ a reddish brown colour’’ and this singularly agrees 
with the figure of the PI. Enl. No. 326. There is 
not the slightest reason to entertain Dr. Wagler’s 
suspicion that either of these figures are copies one 
of the other. 
Total length, exclusive of the long tail-feathers, 
12 inches ; bill, from the front, 1 T ® 0 ; ditto, from the 
gape, 1 i 8 ;j ; wings, 6 ; middle tail-feathers, 5-| 
