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THE SENEGAL, OR LONG-TAILED COLT. 



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The nest is made on tlie summit of a lofty tree in some very retired situation, so tliat in 

 ppite 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 

 '1 \ breast arid abdomen. The 

 qui 11 -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 tbeir mouse-like 



manner of creeping among the boughs of trees. 



CHILIAN I'LANT-CUTTEii.— /■/((/< o.o«i.i rara. 



The Senegal, or Long-tailed Coly, is found in Africa, in the country from which it 

 derives its name. 



SENEGAL COLY.— Colhis mmmirus 



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^ 



