British zoology . ue-Racke. Frifch, I. 57. (~\F thefe birds we have heard of only two beingfeen at large in our ifland •, one was mot nearHeljl on-bridge, Cornwall and an account of it trans-mitted to us by the Reverend Doctor William Bor-lafe. They are frequent in mod parts of Europe,and we have received them from Denmark. In fize it is equal to a jay. The bill is black,Female. ftra5t> and hooked at the point; the bafe befet:with bridles: the fpace about the eyes is bare andnaked: behind each ear is alfo another bare fpot,or protuberance : the head, neck, bread, and bellyare of a light blu
British zoology . ue-Racke. Frifch, I. 57. (~\F thefe birds we have heard of only two beingfeen at large in our ifland •, one was mot nearHeljl on-bridge, Cornwall and an account of it trans-mitted to us by the Reverend Doctor William Bor-lafe. They are frequent in mod parts of Europe,and we have received them from Denmark. In fize it is equal to a jay. The bill is black,Female. ftra5t> and hooked at the point; the bafe befet:with bridles: the fpace about the eyes is bare andnaked: behind each ear is alfo another bare fpot,or protuberance : the head, neck, bread, and bellyare of a light bluifh green: the back, and fea-thers of the wings next to it, are of a reddiflibrown : the coverts on the ridge of the wings areof a rich blue; beneath them of a pale green : theupper part and tips of the quil-feathers are dufky;the lower parts of a fine deep blue -, the rump is ofthe fame color: the tail confids of twelve feathers,of which the outmod on each fide are confiderably longer The ROLLER. • IppfJt Iff. Jfll >\Q II,..
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