from Deelfontein, Cajje Colony. 27 



visiting the orchards after the fruit. We have also seen it 

 on the kopjes in company with C. erythromelon. It was 

 always found in small flocks, varying in number from 

 three or four to nine, and was fairly tame ; it bred in the 

 neighbourhood, but we could not find the nest. It did not 

 thrive in captivity.] 



49. COLIUS ERYTHROMELON. 



Colius erythi-omelon (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, pp. 551, 

 853 (1875-84.) ; id. Cat. B. xvii. p. 344 (1892); id. Hand-1. 

 B. ii. p. 146 (1900). 



Colius indicus Lath.; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 208. 



a, b. 6; c, d, e. $ ad. Deelfontein. March 7-25, 1902. 



/• c? juv. „ April 8, 1902. 



ff. S juv. „ May 19, 1902. 



h, i, k. 6 ad. „ Dec. 22, 1902. 



An old male had the soft parts coloured as follows : — 

 " Iris yellow ; bare skin round the eye and lores carmine ; 

 base of bill and feet crimson ; tip of both mandibles black. " 

 A young male had the " iris ' hazel/ the bare skin round 

 the eye and lores yellow, with a slight tinge of red ; gape 

 yellow ; base of bill greenish, the tip bluish slate-coloured ; 

 feet dull crimson. " Besides the differences in the colour 

 of the soft parts, the young Colies have some ochreous- 

 brown feathers on the head, and the tawny buff on the 

 forehead is much restricted. The under surface of the body 

 is much paler than in the adults, and there are slight 

 indications of dusky barring on the breast and abdomen. 

 The chief difference in the young birds is, however, the 

 tawny-buff inner web of the outer tail-feathers, this colour 

 being visible both above and below. 



[This we called the Mountain Coly, as it kept closely 

 to the kopjes, occasionally visiting the orchards to feed on 

 figs. It was not so common as C. colius, with which it 

 would consort, and was fairly tame. No nest was found 

 but we obtained some young birds.] 



