LOXIAD^. 91 



Sp. 1. Ps. Sandvicensis. 



Loxia psittacea. Steph. v. ix. p. 268. — The Sandwich Islands. 



M, Temminck possesses a drawing of a second 

 species, which is entirely green, with a grey head. 



GENUS CXCIX.— COLIUS Auctorum, COLY. 



Rostrum basi crassum, supra 

 convexum, subtus pianius- 

 culum, integrum, apice de- 

 flexum. 



Nares parvae ad basin pennis 

 subtectse. 



Pedes simplices, tetradactyli, 

 digitis ad imum fissis, uno 

 postico versatile. 



Cauda elongata. 



Beak thick at the base, con- 

 vex above, rather flat be- 

 neath, intire, its tip de- 

 flexed. 



Nostrils small, clothed with 

 small feathers. 



Legs simple, four-toed, the 

 toes cleft to their origin, 

 the hinder one versatile. 



Tail elongated. 



Sp. 1. Co. Capensis. Steph. v. x. p. 2. pi. 1 . — Co. striatus. Steph. 

 V. X. p, 3. — Co. leuconotus. Steph. v. x. p. 6. — Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



Sp. 2. Co. Panayensis. Steph. v. x. p. 7. pi. 2. — Isle of Panay. 



Sp. 3. Co. Indicus.^ Steph. v. x. p. 3. — India. 



Sp. 4. Co. Senegalensis. Steph. v. x. p. 5. — Co. naevius. Steph. 



V. X. p. 5.—- Africa. 

 Sp. 5. Co ? carunculatus. 



Co? supra cceruleo-griseus Julvescente tinctus ) guld Jidvo-albidd ; 

 collo antice pectoreque mridi-ccEruleis corpore infra rufescente ^ 

 rostri basi carunculd rtifescente. 



Coly ? above blue-grey tinged with fulvous ; with the throat ful- 

 vous-white ; the neck in front and breast green-blue; the 

 body beneath reddish ; with a reddish wattle at the base of the 

 beak. 



Coliou Quiriva. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afriq. p. 43. pL 258 — Quiriva 

 Coly. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. v, 198. 



