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The Coly, or Mouse-bird, has a long narrow tail. The legs 

 are red and the toes have narrow claws directed 

 forward, but the hallux and outer toe can be directed 

 backwards. When a coly alights on the branch of a 

 tree, it creeps along it like a mouse, with the whole 

 of the metatarsus applied to the branch. 



forests and is by no means shy, for it frequents trees 

 around houses in Kampala. 



