. An illustrated manual of British birds . relating to thisbird are too numerous for mention here. The adult male has the moustache, head and wings dark greenish-blue, slightly mottled ; lores and ear-coverts chestnut; back azure-blue; tail dark blue; throat white; under parts chestnut; bill black,orange at the base; feet reddish-brown. Length 7*5 ; wing 3 female is slightly greener and duller ; the young bird furtherdiffers in having a wholly black bill. Two examples of the North-American Belted Kingfisher, CcrylealcyoJK are, respectively, in the Museum of Science and Art, and inTrinit
. An illustrated manual of British birds . relating to thisbird are too numerous for mention here. The adult male has the moustache, head and wings dark greenish-blue, slightly mottled ; lores and ear-coverts chestnut; back azure-blue; tail dark blue; throat white; under parts chestnut; bill black,orange at the base; feet reddish-brown. Length 7*5 ; wing 3 female is slightly greener and duller ; the young bird furtherdiffers in having a wholly black bill. Two examples of the North-American Belted Kingfisher, CcrylealcyoJK are, respectively, in the Museum of Science and Art, and inTrinity College, Dublin. One of these is said to have been shot inCO. Meath on October 26th 1845, and the other in co. Wicklow thefollowing November. No other instance of the occurrence ofthis species in Europe is known, nor has it been obtained in Green-land or Iceland ; it seems, therefore, inexpedient to admit to theBritish list an American bird which—assuming the accuracy of therecords—had probably escaped from confinement. C0RACI1D.«.. THE ROLLER. CORACIAS GARRULUS, LinnKus. This bright-plumaged bird was first recorded as a visitor to ourislands by Sir Thomas Browne, who described a specimen obtainedin Norfolk in jNIay 1644. Since then, upwards of a hundredexamples have been noticed, chiefly on the southern and easterncoasts of England and Scotland; however, some have visitedthe Orkneys and Shetlands, while on the west one has evenreached St. Kilda. In Ireland there have been five or six occur-rences, at long intervals. The majority of its appearances in theBritish Islands have been in the autumn, but a fair proportionduring the spring migration. To the Faeroes and the north of Norway the Roller is only astraggler, and it is scarce in any part of the latter country ; but inSweden it breeds annually up to about 61° N. lat., and in Russia,sparingly, as far north as St. Petersburg. In Northern Ger-many it is not uncommon in summer, though rare in Denmark,Holland, Belgium and
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