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greatly crefted, fome of the feathers longer than the head itfelf, 
and when erected ftand quite upright, and are pointed in fhape: 
the under parts, from the breaft, are dirty white; near the vent 
quite white: the lower part of the back, the rump, and upper 
tail coverts, are purple, with a ftripe of pure white the whole 
way down the middle: the tail is very long, and cuneiform, as in 
the two others, and the fhafts chefnut; the two outer feathers 
have the outer webs white, and are only an inch and a half in 
length: the legs are very ftout, of a fine red colour, and all the 
four toes placed forward, as in the Swift: the claws are likewife 
large, hooked, and-dufky. 
I received two fpecimens of the above from the Cape of 
Good Hope, and it is perhaps only a variety of the others; but 
the fingularity of all the toes being placed forwards is ftriking, 
and it would be well to-obferve whether it is fo in the others be- 
fore defcribed:: to know this, the birds fhould be obferved upon 
the fpot, or at leaft before they are placed in attitude, left the 
aperator, who cannot be fuppoted to pay regard to what de may 
call trivial diftinctions, may deceive the eye of the naturalift. 
Le Coliou rayé, Buf. cif. iv. p. 405. 
‘YT ENGTH thirteen inches. Bill black above, whitifh be- 
neath.: the plumage above is of a dull grey, with a light 
tinge of lilac, which inclines to red on the rump and tail: the 
breaft is rufous grey, and the belly rufous; both tranfverfely 
ftriped with brown: the tail is green, and greatly cuneiform, 
like that of the others; the two middle feathers are eight inches 
and a half in length. 
Found in the neighbourhood of the Cape of Good Hope. 
