Order PICARLE.] 
eurystomus pacieicus. 
(AUSTRALIAN ROLLER.) 
[Pam. COBACim®. 
Coracias pacific, Lath. Ind. Om. Suppl. ... P- £ >' 
Pacific Roller , Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. n. P- «1 ( 1S “) ' 
Qalgulus pacificus, Weill. Encycl. Meth . tom. ... p. 8.0 ^ (1823). 
Eurystomus australis, Swains. Amm. m Menag. P- , 90 
Eurystomus pacificus, G. R. Gray, Ann. i at. is • ’ ' . 
Eurystomus australis, Gould, Birds of Austr. o . .o . n. . 
Eurystomus pacificus, Id. Handb. Birds of Austr. ,°L .. p. 119 1 65). 
Eurystomus pacificus, Buller, Manual of Birds of N. A. P- < (l 882 )' 
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majoribus laetihs cyaneo-vindi 11 s . / s pa llide argentescenti-cyanea notatis . 
cienileis, cy.neo pdeo to, 
secundarns mtimis vmdionbus . ° „ v ; r ; c li-cvaneo lavato : loris mgricantibus : regione 
brunneo, versus interscapulium brunnesccn e I ' arffentc ^ eilti . cyane0 anguste lineatis : mento et guise 
parotica brunnea: gula cyanescente, p umis “ ^ ° C yaneo pectore summo obscuriore : subcaudalibus 
scenti-cyanca. 
, . tt a and H „ d neck dark brown 1 .boulders, book, and scapulars dull brown, sh green, 
web towards .be base a broad bar of pale silvery blue wind, inerts on ^be four su 8 V oulec 
occupies both webs, forming in the open wing a conspicuous round* p ,Mh hafts 
webs beyond indigo-b.ue shading into black ; up p er surface bluish green 
changing in the former to bluish green toward, the base ; “ ““ t » Uack bey „»d , under 
at tl.c base, changing to bright ind.go m their centra port.on “L,* “eef „ d purple in certain lights. 
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middle toe and claw l - 25. 
. * t nrr \ funeral nlumage dull brownish grey, paler on the underparts ; 
Young (. Australian specimen in British Museum) ). . lores black . the whole of the fore neck dull 
crown of the head, hind neck, an s ou en . tbe who l e of the wing-coverts pale bluish green; 
brown, faintly washed on the throa ^ ^ portion a nd the latter in their whole extent 
primaries and secondaries black ^ int0 gree n; the primaries crossed in their middle 
broadly edged on their outer webs wi . ^ wH te on their inner webs; tail-feathers green towards 
portion by a band of pale silvery blue, fa g brownish black ; legs and feet yellowish 
the base, blue in the middle, and black m their apical portion. 
brown. 
