. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . ip ;lower mandible with the angle moderate, the dorsal line nearlystraight, the tip narrow, and obliquely truncate. Nostrilsbasal, lateral, oblique, linear, rather long, partially concealedby the feathers, which are not directed forwards. Eyes ofmoderate size, with a bare triangular space behind. Feet veryshort; tarsus with seven very broad scu
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . ip ;lower mandible with the angle moderate, the dorsal line nearlystraight, the tip narrow, and obliquely truncate. Nostrilsbasal, lateral, oblique, linear, rather long, partially concealedby the feathers, which are not directed forwards. Eyes ofmoderate size, with a bare triangular space behind. Feet veryshort; tarsus with seven very broad scutella ; hind toe rathersmall, second shorter than the third, anterior toes free. Clawsof moderate length, arched, much compressed, slender, acute. Plumage rather full, blended. Several strong decurved bris-tles on each side of the mouth. Wings of moderate length,very broad ; the second and third quills longest; the primariesnot much exceeding the secondaries when the wing is rather long, generally even, of twelve broad feathers. The Rollers are peculiar to the old continent and its islands,species occurring in the warmer parts of Asia, and in Africa,and one of them extending into Europe. o40 CORACIAS GARRULA. THE GARRULOUSROLLER. -Xv. ////,; m Fig. 262. Coracias Garrula. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. Coracias Garrula. Lath. Ind. Oni. I. 168. Roller. Mont. Orn. Diet. RoUier vulgaire. Coracias garrula. Temm. Man. dOrn. L 127. Garrulous Roller. Coracias garrula. Selb. lUustr. I. 117. Coracias garrula. Garrulous Roller. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 156. Head, neck, and loiver parts light bluish-green ; bach and sca-pulars light brown ; smaller tving-coverts bright blue ; quills lightgreenish-blue at the base, deep bluish-black in the rest of their ex-tent ; tail greenish-blue, the outer feathers tipped with black. Male.—The Garrulous Roller, which is about the size ofthe Blue-winged Jay, is moderately stout, and of rather elegantproportions, but with the head large, and the feet
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