Garrulous roller or European roller. Blue turquoise and rust coloured bird. Coracias garrulus (Coracias garrula)

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Garrulous roller or European roller. Blue turquoise and rust coloured bird. "It is remarkable for making a chattering noise, from which it is called by some garrulus [talkative]." Pennant. Coracias garrulus (Coracias garrula) Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writer, artist and engraver. He wrote and illustrated a series of volumes on birds, fish, shells and insects, opened his own museum of natural history in London, but later he fell on hard times and died penniless. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Edward Donovan's "The Natural History of British Birds" (1794-1819)

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Keywords: donovan, edward