BIRDS. PIC^. 14. Coracias. 
' ^‘O-nuU, Blue, back red ; quill-feathers black. 
Inhabits Africa, Syria and huroft; fiz< 
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Common R. 
fize of the jay ■) is lono- 
roiis, gregarious, migratory and- tfnnM ; builds in trees, par- 
tiailarly the beech; feeds on itifefts, worms, frogs, nuts 
and com; eggs pale groen, with innumerable dn&y fpots. 
Behind the ears a naked Ipot ; primary qmll-jcathfrs beneath 
blue ; middle tail-JeaUicrs, dirlv-grcen, the reft, blue dotted 
with black on the outer edge; legs dirty-yellow. 
Blue ; the fore-part teftaceous ; cap green. Indian R. 
Inhabits Ceyfett ; 1 1 inches long ; releinbks the laft. 
BiL' black, an inch and half long ; croxon blueifli -green ; neck 
and upper part of the bach teftaceous ; tc.npks and chin 
ftreaked with white ; wings mixed green and blue ; outer 
iailfeulhers in the middle fea-green. 
Blue ; quill-feathers pale yellow at the outer edge. Cape R. 
Inhabits Ethiopia j female blueifti-bfack. 
Green; cheeks white; Ihoulders, rump and greawr quill- 
felthers blue; back and fecondary qmll-teatherS 
orange-browi^. JhJ/inran R, 
Inh'dbtts Abyjfinia, 
%^‘Sakn. Above reddilh-brown; beneath, head, tail and part 
of the wings blueifh fea-green ; face white ; Ihoulders., 
and quill-feathers blue. . Senegal R. 
Inhabits near the Senegal and Ceylon : fize of the jay. 
BM black ; tail forked ; legs reddiftr-flefti-colour. 
W- Rufty purple-brown; rump, vent and tail blueiQt-green ; 
" - Jail towards the tip with a purplilh band, the tip ilfelf 
and quill-feathers above darki(h-blue. Madagajcar R. 
Inhabits Madflgfl/cffiK ; 10 inches long, 
Bill fliort, yellowifh ; eyes large ; quillf eat hers black at the in- 
ner edge; legs reddilh-bfown or yellowifli. 
’‘‘^ntalis. Green ; throat ftriate with blue ; tail-feathers black at ths 
Oriental K‘ 
Inhabits /rtdi a; 10 j inches long. , , j . thi, 
Bill yellowifh, broader at the bafe, and inore hooked at W- 
point than in others ; body above green inclining to .y-i 
beneath blue with a fliade of green ; head ■ , 
neck^ brown ; quillf calhers mixed blue and blacM, w ^ 
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