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CINNAMON-BACKED ROLLER. 
tertials, is of a uniform rufous cinnamon ; and this, 
also, is the ground colour of the under parts of the 
body ; but from the chin to the vent there is a rich 
gloss of lilac purple, not seen on the upper parts, 
and which extends also to the under covers of the 
wings : the whole of the quills, with their greater 
covers, arc rich uniform mazarine blue, with ob- 
scure blackish tips : the tail is slightly forked, the 
lateral feathers light sea-green, tipfc with mazarine- 
blue, the middle pair olive-brown : the under tail- 
covers, and under surface of the quills, blue-green , 
feet blackish. 
Total length, 9J inches ; bill, from the gape, 1 J ; 
from the front, -j° 0 ; wings, 6 J ; tail beyond, 1 ; 
depth of the fork, T V 
EUROPEAN HOOPOE Senegal Variety. 
Upupa epops, Linrsus. 
Var, ? U. Senegalensis, Swains. 
Cinnamon brown, beneath paler ; belly whitish ; wings black, 
with white bands ; an oblique white bar on the primary 
quills ; crest tipt with white and black. 
Var. a? Senegalensis, smaller ; crest tipt only with black. 
It is for the purpose of framing a comprehensive 
and succinct specific character for this well known 
bird, and to offer a few remarks upon the species, 
that we have been induced to give it a separate con- 
