or BIRDS. 
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ROLLER. 
The Roller is about the bigness of the 
jay. His beak is black, sharp, and some- 
what hooked. The head is of a sordid green, 
mingled with blue ; of which colour is also 
the Uiroat, with white lines in the middle of 
each feather; the breast and belly are of a 
pale blue ; the middle of the back, between 
the shoulders, is red ; the rump, and lesser 
rows of the coverts . of the wings, are of a 
lovely blue ; the feet are short, and of a dirty 
yellow colour. The Roller is not less beau- 
tiful than the magpie or the jay ; but it may 
he distinguished from all others, by a sort of 
naked tubercles, or warts, near tire eyes, 
which tend to increase its beauty. 
