COLY. 201 



the two middle feathers seven inches long, the outmost two inches 

 and a half only ; colour that of the quills ; legs very stout, red, the 

 hind toe placed greatly inwards, giving the capability of all the 

 toes being used forwards, and which the bird is observed to do. 

 Inhabits Abyssinia. — In the collection of Mr. Salt. 



A. — This is about the same length as the other, but less bulky in 

 proportion. The bill is broader at the base, yellow, with the tips of 

 both mandibles black ; general colour of the plumage above brown, 

 with a bluish tinge ; beneath, from the breast, pale tawny buff; the 

 inner webs of the quills are tawny for the greater part of the length, 

 most conspicuous beneath, and darker than in the Striated Coly, with 

 a similar tail, but the exterior feather is shorter, being less than one 

 inch and a half in length ; the legs are less stout, but with the like 

 disposition of the toes, to be placed occasionally forwards. 



In the same collection with the last, to which it! seems to have 

 much affinity; probably differing in sex, or incomplete in plumage. 



8— RADIATED COLY. 



Colius striatus, Ind. Orn.\. 369. Gm.Lin.l. 843. Daud.'u. 362. 

 Le Coliou raye, Buf. iv. 405. Levail. Afr. vi. p. 36. No. 256. 

 Radiated Coly, Gen. Syn. iii. 102. Shaw's Zool. ix. p. 3. 



LENGTH thirteen inches. Bill black above, whitish beneath ; 

 plumage above dull grey, with a light tinge of lilac, inclining to 

 red on the rump and tail; breast rufous grey, belly rufous, both 

 transversely striped with brown ; tail green, greatly cuneiform, as in 

 the others; the two middle feathers eight inches in length ; the three 

 exterior margined outwardly with white. 



The male and female much alike. 



Inhabits Africa. M. Levaillant observes, that this is the largest 

 species found in Africa, and that the tail measures at least one half; 

 but the size of the body is not much larger than that of a Lark. 



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