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WHITE-BACKED COLY. 

 (Colius leuconotus.) 



Co. cristatus cinereus, subtm alhus, dorso infimo uropygioque cas" 

 taneO'purpureiSf medio vitta longitudinali alba. 



Crested grey Coly, beneath white, with the lower part of the 

 back and rump chesnut purple, with a longitudinal white fas- 

 cia in the middle. 



Colius erythropus, GmeL Si/st. Nat. 1. 842. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 1. 369. 3. 



White-backed Coly. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 101. t. 41. 



This species, which is figured and described by 

 Dr. Latham, is said to have been sent from the 

 Cape of Good Hope : it is in length twelve inches : 

 beak white^ the upper mandible tipped with black : 

 head ornamented with a large crest of a dusky 

 brown colour : prevailing colour of the plumage 

 above blueish ash; beneath, dirty white: lower 

 part of the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts, 

 purple, with a white fascia running down the 

 middle : vent white : tail long, and cuneiform 5 

 the shafts chesnut: two outer feathers an inch 

 and a half in length, and white on the exterior 

 edge : legs red : claws dusky. 



