1. coLius. 343 



Hand-l B. ii. p. 124, no. 7841 (1870) ; Sd. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 413, 

 pi. 35 ; Hocage, Orn. Angola, p. 129 (1877) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's 

 B. S. Afr. p. 554 (1884j ; Shelleg, Ibis, 1885, p. 310. 



Adult. General colour above chocolate-brown, the wings like the 

 back, with a greyish shade on the inner secondaries ; lower back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts maroon-red ; tail-feathers brown with 

 a greenish-grey shade ; crown of head like the back, the fore part 

 of the crown black, spotted minutely with white ; fore part of 

 cheeks and feathers below the eye as well as the chin black, spotted 

 with white tips to the feathers ; ear-coverts, hinder cheeks, and 

 throat ashy grey with a slight pinkish tinge ; remainder of under 

 surface of body pale ochreous buff, deepening in colour on the under 

 tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts pale ochreous, ashy along the edge 

 of the wing ; quill-lining chestnut. Total length 13 inches, 

 culmen 0-6, wing 4-1, tail 8-5, tail 1'85. 



Hab. AVest Africa, from Gaboon to Angola. 



a. Ad. sk. Gaboon. J. Verreaux. 



(Type of species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Angola. Monteiro Coll. 

 e. 2 ad. sk. Capangombe {Anchieta). Sharpe Coll. 

 d. Ad. sk. Quauza Eiver. Shelley Coll. 



7. Colius colius. 



Le Coliou du Cap de Bonne Esp^rance, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 304, 

 pi. xvi. fig. 2 (1860) ; Dauherit. PL Enl. v. pi. 282. fig. 1 ; Buf. 

 Hist. Nat. Ois. iv. p. 404 (1788). 



Loxia colius, Linn. Sijst. Nat. i. p. 301 (1766). 



Cape Coly, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. i. p. 100 (1783). 



White-backed Coly, Lath. t. c. p. 101, pi. 41 (1783). 



Colius capensis, G7n. Syst. Nat. i. p. 842 (1788) ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. 

 p. 393 (1848) ; Bj?. Consp. i. p. 86 (1850) ; Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. 

 Hein. Th. iii. p. 96 (1860) ; Schl Mus. Pays-Bas, CucuU, p. 79 

 (1864) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1868, p. 47 (Natal) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. 

 p. 124, no. 7840 (1870) ; Gurney in Anderss. B. Dam.-Ld. p. 202 

 (1872) ; Barratt, Ibis, 1876, p. 204 (Lydenburg, Marico) ; Hohtb 

 Sf Pelz. Beitr. Orn. Siidafr. p. 136 (1882) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's 

 B. S. Afr. pp. 653, 853 (1884) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 310. 



Colius erythropus, Gni. Syst. Nat. i. p. 842 (1788) ; Gray, Gen. B. 

 ii. p. 393 (1848); Strickl. S^- Scl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 151; 

 Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 221 (1867) ; id. Ibis, 1868, p. 247 ; Ayres, 

 Ibis, 1871, p. 259 (Potchefstroom). 



Colius leuconotus. Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 369 (1790) ; Vieill. Nouv. 

 Did. vii. p. .378 (1817). 



Le Coliou a dos blanc, Levaill. Ois. dAfr. vi. p. 391, pi. 257 (1808) ; 

 Sunder. Krit. Framst. Levaill. p. 62 (1858). 



Colius erythropygius, Vieill. N. I>ict. d'Hist. Nat. vii. p. 377 

 (1817). 



Colius colius, Stejn. Stand. Nat. Hist. Birds, p. 894 (1885). 



Adult. Above delicate grey with a light lilac tinge ; down the 

 centre of the back a line of white as far as the rump, bordered on 

 each side by a broad baud of black, and followed by a patch of 



