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Coracias glaucopteros, L. Brehnij Naumannia, 1855, p. 271. 
Coracias bengalensis (nec Linn.), Keulem. Nederl. Tijdschr. iii. p. 380 (1866). 
CoTcicias garTuliis, Linn., Griebcl, Thes. Orn. i. p. 772 (1872) ; Cab. J. f. O. 18/8, p. 234; Dresser, B. of Eur. v. 
p. 139 (1880) ; Wardlaw Bamsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 50 ; Newton in Yarr. Brit. B. ed. 4, ii. p. 428 (1881) ; Biddulpli, 
Ibis, 1881, p. 48; Gurney, tom. cit. pp. 124, 256; Scully, tom. cit. p. 429 ; Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 411 
(1882); C. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 102; Gurney, Ibis, 1891, p. 296; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 15 
(1892). 
Rollier vulgaire, Geai cVAfrique, French; BlauracTce, Manclelkrdhe, German; De Racks,Butch ; Carlanco, Carranco, 
Galgulo, Spanish; Rollieiro, Portuguese; Ghiandoja marina, Italian; Fdlekrage, Danish; Blaakraake, 
Norwegian ; Blakraka, Spansk-Krdka, Swedish; Sinindrhi, Finnish; Civovoronka, Bussian; Kapkapa, 
Georgian; iiLrasA:a, Galician; Zdld-Czoka,Kalangya-Varju, Transylvanian; Mandelik, Krakal-zoatlavy, Rapak, 
Bohemian; Chalkoroni, Adkokoroni, Greek; Ko-Karga, Alla-Karga, JesMl-Karga, Turkish; Sharrakak, 
Moorish; Slivgurug, Schurkrak, Arabic; Subz-KuUag, Persian; Sheen-Tootee, Pushtoo. 
Figurce notahiles. 
Edwards, Nat. Hist. B. pi. 109; D’Anbenton, PI. Enl. no. 486; Levaillant, Hist. Nat. Boll, et Geais, pis. 32, 33; 
Vieill. Faun. Fran 9 . pi. 57. fig. 2; Naumann, Vog. Dentschl. pi. 60; Werner, Atlas, Omnivores, pi. 17; 
Kjgerb. Orn. Dan. pi. 13. fig. 4; Beichenbach, Merop. pi. 431. figs. 3179, 3180; Schlegel, Vog. Nederl. 
pi. 135 ; Gould, B. Great Brit. ii. pi. 11; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. Taf. xiv. fig. 2; Sharpe & Dresser, B. of. Eur. 
pi. 293; Sundevall, Svenska Fogl. pi. xxi. fig. 3; Lilford, Col. Fig. Birds Brit. Isl. part xii. 
Hab. Western Palcearctic Begion, ranging east to Central Asia and N.W. India, and the Ethiopian Begion. 
Ad. fronte et mento albidis : capite toto, teotricibns alarum et corpore snbtus cseruleis, viridi lavatis : tectricibus 
alarum minoribus et uropygio nltramarinis : dorso, scapularibns et secundariis intimis cinnamomeis : remigibus 
ad basin pallide c£eruleis et aliter nigricantibns : pogonio intern o snbtus ultramarino : rectricibus dnabus mediis 
olivascenti-viridibns, reliquis ad basin sordide cseruleis supra et snbtus ultramarinis, versus apicem pallide 
cseruleis, duabus extimis nigro apicatis: genis et gutture imo argenteo-cyaneo longitudinaliter striatis : rostro 
nigro : pedibus flavido-fuscis ; iride griseo-fusca. 
Juv. coloribus pallidioribus et sordidioribus : caiDite et gutture cervino lavatis : dorso cum scapularibns et secund¬ 
ariis intimis pallide cervino-cinnamomeis : primariis anguste cervino-fusco apicatis. 
Adult male (Taurus, 20th April).—Crown, nape, sides of the head, and underparts generally pale 
blue tinged with green, darker on the head and throat and paler on the abdomen ; forehead and chin 
hoary white; throat marked with narrow stripes of silvery blue ; back, scsipulars, and innermost 
secondaries cinnamon-brown; rump, upper tail-coverts, and least wing-coverts rich deep ultramarine- 
blue ; quills brownish black, the outermost glossed with deep blue on the outer web, basal portion 
of the quills light blue; primaries with the inner web for the most part deep ultramarine on the 
under surface; median and larger wing-coverts pale blue; central rectrices dull greenish blue, the 
others on the basal portion dull blue above and rich ultramarine below, the terminal portion pale blue, 
the two outer feathers with a blackish spot at the tip : bill black; legs yellowish brown; iris brownish 
grey. Total length about 12 inches, culmen 1-3, wing TV, tail 5-0, tarsus 0-95. 
Adult Resembles the male. 
Young (Southern India).—Much paler and duller in coloration; head and breast washed with 
pale buff; back, scapulars, and inner secondaries dull buffy cinnamon-brown; primaries narrowly 
tipped with buffy brown ; tail paler and duller than in the adult. 
