BISHOP AND WIDOW-BIRDS 



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months, more in keeping with the leafless reeds and dried- up 

 veld. The females are always of this dull colour. 



Fig. 66. — Cape Bishop-Bird near nest. 



The genus Coliopasser also presents us with some well- 

 known forms, chief amongst these being the Long-tailed 

 Widow-Bird (Coliopasser procne), known in Natal as the 



