THE 
INDIAN ROLLER. 
Generic Character. 
Bill ftrait, bending a little towards the end; cul¬ 
trated at the edges. 
Nojlri/s narrow ; naked. 
Legs generally fhoit: toes divided to their origin; 
three forwards and one backwards. 
Specific Character, &c. 
ROLLER varied with deep-blue and pale 
greenilh-blue; the back pale-brown; the 
top of the head greenifh. 
The CEYLONESE ROLLER. 
The INDIAN ROLLER. 
Lath. fyn. p. 412. 
BLUE JAY from the Eaft Indies. 
Edw. pi. 32 6 . 
The genus Co racks is eminently diftinguifhed by 
beauty of color, and the fpecies here reprefented 
rnay be coniidered as one of the molt brilliant. The 
fpecimen from which the figure was taken is in the 
Britilh Mufeum, and is about the lize of the com¬ 
mon or European Roller. 
