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CATALOGUE. 
890. COLIUS MACROUIIUS, Linn. Sp. 
Lanius macrourus, Idnn., S. I. p. 134. 
Colius macrourus, G. H. Gray^ Gen. of B. II. p. 393, 
t. 96. Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. 8. Beng. p. 70. 
Urocolius macrourus, Bonaparte (1854). 
Colius senegalensis, Gmel.j S. iT. I. p. 842. Vieill., Gal. 
des Ois. t. 51. Lath., Hist, of B. V. p. 198. Bo- 
nap., C. G. Av. p. 86. 
The Senegal Coly, Latham. 
A. Abyssinia. From Sir W. Harris's Collection. 
" The birds of this genus are peculiar to the continent of Africa, 
where they are usually observed in parties on the trees, among the 
branches of which they are seen quickly hopping from one to another 
in search of the fruits and freshly-formed buds on which they sub- 
sist. Their flight consists of little more than flitting from one tree 
to another ; and they have a peculiar habit of suspending themselves 
by one foot attached to the branch, with the head hanging down- 
wards. They are rarely observed on the ground, as the formation of 
their foot does not admit of their walking with ease. They form 
their nests in society, closely packed together on the same tree or 
bush, and are composed of flexible twigs, lined with feathers ; the 
female depositing from four to six eggs." — (Gray's Gen. of Birds.) 
April 26th, 1856. 
