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GREEN COLY. 



This species is above fourteen inches in length: 

 the beak is black, with its base, and orbits of the 

 eyes, reddish yellow : crown of the head, and hind 

 part of the neck, ash-coloured grey: forehead, chin, 

 and lores, yellow : under part of the body pale ru- 

 fous : back, wings, and tail, lead-coloured; the 

 latter wedge-shaped and seven inches in length : 

 legs red : claws black. Inhabits India. 



GREEN COLY. 

 (Colius viridis.) 



Co. viridis nifens, sincipite palpebrisque, nigrO'Sericeis, remigibus 



rectricibusque nigricantibus. 

 Shining-green Coly, with the sinciput and eyelids silky black, 



quills and tail-feathers dusky. 

 Colius viridis. Lath, Ind. Orn. 1. 36g. Q. 

 Green Coly. Lath, Syn. Sup, 147. 



This bird was communicated to Dr. Latham by 

 Mr. Pennant. It is a native of New Holland, and 

 is the size of the Redwing Thrush : its beak is 

 black : forehead, and orbits of the eyes, covered 

 with black, shining, velvety feathers : the entire 

 plumage of a fine glossy gj een : quills and tail 

 dusky; the latter wedge-shaped, and seven inches 

 ^nd a half in length : length above a foot, 



