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THE SENEGAL, OR LONG-TAILED COLY. 



The nest is made on the summit of a lofty tree in some very retired situation, so that in 

 spite of all the persecution with which it meets, it still holds its ground against the farmers. 



In color it is sober ; the 



\ -, usual tints being gray, 



with a bronze tinge on 

 the back, and somewhat 

 of a slaty hue upon the 

 breast and abdomen. The 

 quill-feathers of the wing 

 and tail are black. Its 

 voice is rather harsh, and 

 consists of a series of 

 rough broken notes. 



THE COLIES form a 

 small family of birds, 

 whose exact place among 

 the feathered tribes seems 

 to be rather uncertain. 

 They are inhabitants of 

 Africa and India ; and as 

 their plumage is of a soft 

 and silken character, and 

 generally of sober tints, 



they often go by the name of Mouse-birds, a title which is also due to their mouse-like 



manner of creeping among the boughs of trees. 



THE SENEGAL, or LONG-TAILED COLT, is found in Africa, in the country from which it 

 derives its name. 



CHILIAN PLANT-CUTTER. Phytotoma rara. 





SENEGAL COLT. Coitus macrourus 



It is a pretty bird, and as it traverses the branches has a peculiarly elegant appearance ; 

 its long tail seeming to balance it in the extraordinary and varied attitudes which it assumes, 



