Ord 
w «• passeres. 
Tribe IV. Fissirostres Diurnje. 
The 
third Family, 
CORACIADAE, or Rollers, 
^hidi • more or Nss lengthened, and broad at the base, with the sides compressed towards the tip, 
P°hited l0 °' V<: ^ ’ ^ ie Nostrils basal, lateral, with the opening linear or oval ; the Wings long and 
out er j J iC generally short and even ; the Tarsi short ; the Toes moderate, sometimes free, or the 
oited at the base with the middle 
one. 
Th, 
e first 
Subfamily, 
CORAClANiE, or Rollers, 
have the Bin rvi i 
^ v hich 0< ^erate, higher than broad at the base, the sides much compressed towards the tip, 
Moderate lan, ^ s ^ le lower mandible ; the nostrils basal, lateral, linear, and oblique ; the Wings 
1C ^ ad moderate, and the side feathers sometimes lengthened ; the Tarsi short; the Toes 
nc l hee at the base. 
mod, 
mate. 
Bill l 0llrr , 
s hles coj n 135 r ° a ^’ and ra ther depressed at the base, the culmen gradually curved to the tip, with the 
Mth ^ ec ^ ’ H le nostrils basal, linear, and oblique. Wings short, reaching to the base of the tail, 
ar| d round 1 ^' ll S ^ ( P 1 '^ S niuch graduated, and the four next nearly equal and longest. Tail lengthened 
*lie out er | Tarsi lengthened, slender, and covered in front with transverse scales. Toes moderate, 
°uger than the inner, and the hind toe very short ; all armed with short curved claws. 
! ^ r PP e y are found in Madagascar, but their habits and manners are unknown. 
l ' 0ls -t. 3!_ * (Less -) Less. 111. Zool. t. 22., Mag de Zool. i 2. B. pittoides Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1834.. Ois. t. 32. 
Biiachypteracias Lafr * 
Bill 1, 
0Vei ' th; 
Coracias Linnf 
my of | rnorc elevated at the base than broad, the sides much compressed, and the tip bent 
^brane. l0Wer mancUble ; the nostrils basal, linear, oblique, and partly covered by a feathered 
n g ,s moderate and pointed, Avith the second and third quills the longest. Tail long and 
C >ai e Baron de Lafi 
f IU. , " iJ " reSna y e established this genus in 1834 (Magazin de Zoologie, 1834). Chloropygia of Mr. Swainson (1837) is 
j 7 35 | 
J that Linnams first published this division under the above name, which in 1760 Brisson changed to Galgulus. 
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