ATELORNIS CROSSLEYL 
CEOSSLEY’S GEOTJND-EOLLEE. 
Atelornis crossleyi, Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 74, pl.xiv. j Hartlaub, Vog. Madag. p. 7 (1877); Forbes, 
Proe. Zool. Soe. 1880, pp. 468, 472; Sbarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 8 (1892). 
Brachypteracias crossleyi (Sbarpe), Milne-Edw. & Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. i. p. 249, pis. 103,103 b (1879). 
Sakdka, Vbrontrandraka, in Madagascar. 
Figurce notahiles. 
Sbarpe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, pi. xiv.; Milne-Edw. & Grand. Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. i. pi. 103. 
Hab. Madagascar. 
Ad. capite sordid^ castaneo, f ronte et loris conspicue pallidioribus : pileo postico saturatiore: nucba sordid^ viridi: 
corpore et alis supra psittacino-viridibus: tectricibus alarum majoribus versus apicem saturate ultramarinis, 
extima versus apicem albo notata : remigibus nigricantibus, primariis ad basin in pogonio externo albis ; rectri- 
cibus centralibus olivaceis, reliquis nigris viridi lavatis : subtus castaneus, abdomine centraliter valde pallidiore, 
bypocbondriis viridi lavatis : gula plag4 magn4 nigril albo striata notata : rostro et pedibus nigris : iride fusca. 
Adult male (Imerina).—Head rafous-bay, much paler on the forehead and lores, becoming 
darker on the hind crown and dull greenish on the nape and hind neck ; back and upper surface of 
the wings deep parrot-green; larger wing-coverts becoming dull cobalt-blue towards the tips, the 
outermost with a terminal bluish-white spot; quills black, the primaries white at the base, forming a 
small white alar bar; chin, sides of the face, lower throat, and breast bay; throat with a large 
black patch striped with white; rest of the underparts dull ochreous, washed with green on the 
flanks, and much paler on the centre of the abdomen; central tail-feathers olivaceous black, the 
remainder black washed with green: bill and legs black ; iris brown. Total length about 9*5 inches, 
culmen IT, wing 3’85, tail 4*7, tarsus 1*65. 
Adult female. —Similar to the male. 
But little is known respecting the present species of Roller. Mr. Crossley was the first to obtain it 
in Eastern Madagascar, and Grandidier states (1. c.) that whereas its congeners inhabit the forests on 
the northern portion of the eastern slopes of the large mountain-range in Madagascar, Crossley’s 
Roller is only found in the southern portion. I may add that the two specimens in my collection 
