ORDER PASSERES. l63 



of purple ; middle of belly, thighs, and vent, dusky 

 white. N. America. 



The CoLiES. CoLius. Gm. 



Also approximate considerably to the preceding. 

 Their bill is short, thick, conical, slightly compressed, 

 and its two mandibles are arched, without one pass- 

 ing the other. The quills of the tail are wedged, and 

 very long ; the thumb, as in the martens, is capable 

 of being turned forward with the other toes. Their 

 feathers, fine and silky, have generally cinereous 

 tints. They are African and Indian birds, which 

 climb nearly in the manner of the parrots, live in 

 flocks, approximate their nests in great numbers on 

 the same boughs, and sleep suspended to the 

 branches, with the head downwards, and crowded 

 against each other. They subsist on fruits. 



The word Colius comes from the Greek koXo.o?, 

 which is the name of a small species of crow. 



Cape Coly. Colius Capensis. Gm. PI. Enl. 

 282. 1. Vaill. 258, and the young, 256. This last is 

 C. Striatus and Panayensis. 



Outer side of the outer tail-feathers, white ; body above, 

 ash, beneath white. Cape of Good Hope. 



Radiated Coly. Colius Striatus. Gm. and Panay 

 Coly. Col. Panayensis. Gm. Son. Voy. t. 74- 



Crested ; ash above ; black beneath, and cross- 

 banded ; chest, grayish-red ; belly, red ; tail, green. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



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