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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- 

 epite 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-CUTTEK. 





SENEOAL COLT. CoKus maerwnu 



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, 



