198 COLY. 



M. Levaillant thinks the first species to be one and the same with 

 with this, but that the wings being closed, the upper tail coverts 

 only were observed, the rump being covered from the sight ; but 

 supposing this to be so, it is plain that the white, which occupies the 

 middle as a conspicuous streak, had also escaped observation. 



3— SENEGAL COLY. 



Colius Senegalensis, Ind.Om.'i. 368. Gm. Lin. i. 842. Daud. ii. 361. 



Lanius macrourus, Lin. i. 134. 



Colius Senegalensis cristatus, Bris. iii. 306. 1. 16. 3. Id. Svo. i. 394; 



Coliou huppe de Senegal, Buf. iv. 404. pi. 18. PL enl. 282. 2. 



Senegalische Klammervogel, Schmid, Vog. p. 75. t.61. 



Senegal Coly, Gen. Syn.'m. 101. Shaw's Zool. x. p. 5. 



LENGTH twelve inches and a half. Bill grey, with a black 

 tip ; plumage in general pale grey, tinged with vinaceous on the 

 head, neck, and breast ; the feathers on the top, and the hind part 

 of the head, sea-green, and longer than the rest, forming a crest ; 

 beneath this, when lifted up, pale glossy blue ; quills and tail grey 

 brown, the last bluish, with brown shafts ; tail cuneiform, the two 

 middle feathers eight inches long, the outer less than one; legs grey. 



Inhabits Senegal ; also Mozambique ; seen in great numbers 

 together, feeding on the orange and papaw * trees, when the fruit 

 is quite ripe. 



4— QUIRIWA COLY. 



Coliou Quiriwa, Levail. Afr. p. 43. pi. 258 — male. 



SIZE of the White-backed, but the tail longer in proportion. 

 Bill black, covered at the base with a reddish membrane, like a 

 cere, which passes round the eye as a carunculated skin ; the irides 



* Carica Papaya, Lin. 



