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BRITISH BIRDS. 
refembles the Jay, being fomewhat more than 
twelve inches in length : Its bill is black, befet 
with diort bridles at the bafe ; the eyes are fur- 
rounded with a ring of naked (kin, of a yellow co- 
lour, and behind them there is a kind of wart ; the 
head, neck, bread, and belly are of a light pea 
green ; the back and fcapulars reddifh brown ; the 
points of the wings and upper coverts are of a rich 
deep blue, the greater coverts pale green ; the 
quills are of a duiky hue, inclining to black, and 
mixed with deep blue ; the rump is blue ; the tail 
is fomewhat forked, the lower part of the feathers 
are of a duflty green, middle part pale blue, tips 
black ; the legs are diort, and of a dull yellow.— 
This is the only one of its kind found in Europe ; 
it is very common in fome parts of Germany, but 
is fo rare in this country as hardly to deferve the 
name of a Britiili bird. The author of the Britilh 
Zoology mentions two that were diot in England, 
and thefe we may fuppofe have been only dragg- 
lers. Our drawing was made from a duffed fpe- 
cimen in the Mufeum of the late Mr Tundall, at 
Wycliffe. 
The Roller is wilder than the Jay, and fre- 
quents the thicked woods ; it builds its ned chief- 
ly on birch trees. Buffon fays it is a bird of pad 
fage, and migrates in the months of May and Sep- 
tember. In thofe countries where it is common, 
it is faid to fly in large flocks in the autumn, 
and is frequently feen in cultivated grounds, with 
