. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. THE ROLLER. CoRACiAS GARRULUS, Linnseus. This bright-plumaged bird was first recorded as a visitor to our- islands by Sir Thomas Browne, who described a specimen obtained in Norfolk in May 1644. Since then, upwards of a hundred examples have been noticed, chiefly in the southern and eastern counties of England and Scotland; some, however, have visited Caithness and the Orkneys, while in the west one has even reached St. Kilda. In Ireland there have been seven or eight occurrences, at long intervals. The majority of appearances in th
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. THE ROLLER. CoRACiAS GARRULUS, Linnseus. This bright-plumaged bird was first recorded as a visitor to our- islands by Sir Thomas Browne, who described a specimen obtained in Norfolk in May 1644. Since then, upwards of a hundred examples have been noticed, chiefly in the southern and eastern counties of England and Scotland; some, however, have visited Caithness and the Orkneys, while in the west one has even reached St. Kilda. In Ireland there have been seven or eight occurrences, at long intervals. The majority of appearances in the British Islands have been in the autumn, but a fair proportion during the spring migration. To the Faeroes and the north of Norway the Roller is only a straggler, and it is scarce in any part of the latter country; but in Sweden it breeds annually up to about 61° N. lat, and in Russia, sparingly, as far north as St. Petersburg. In Northern Germany it is not uncommon in summer, though rare in Denmark, Holland, Belgium and Northern France ; it is tolerably abundant in Central Europe; while in Spain and other countries bordering the Mediterranean it is very numerous, arriving in the Peninsula from the middle of March onwards, and leaving by November at the latest. It is plentiful in Turkey, Southern Russia, Asia Minor, z. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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