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COLIPHIMUS. — COLIUS. 
Synon.: Coliuspasser Rüpp. — Peiithetria Cab. — Pentheria Bonap. 
ardens Hartlaub, Syst. Ornith. W. Afr. 138, = Vidua ardens Gray. 
concolor Sundevall, Oefvers. vet. akad. Forhdig. 1849. 158. = Vidua con- 
color Cass. 
flavoscapulatus Gray, Handlist Birds II. 48. = Vidua macrocerca Grat. 
laticauda Gray, Handlist Birds II. 48. = Vidua laticauda Gray. 
macrurus Hartlaub, Journ. Ornitliol. 1855. III. 361.=: Vidua macrura Gb ay, 
moineau Gray, Handlist Birds II. 48. = Vidua macrura Gray. 
phoenicea Gray, Handlist Birds II. 48. = Vidua phoenicea Heugl. 
COLIPHIMUS concolor Smith, Illustr. S. Afr. Zool. Tb. 2. = Musophaga conco- 
lor SCHLEG. 
COLIIJS (Coliidae. — xoXlo? picas) — Brisson, Ornith. 1760. III. 304. — 
Gray, Genera Birds 1848. II. 392. — Rüppell, Mus. Senkenberg. III. 39. 
Synon. : Urocolius , Rhabdocolius Bonap. 
Bill moderate j broad, and elevated at the base with the culmen arc/ied and 
the sides compressed to the acute tip; the lateral margins sinuated; the gonys short 
and slightly ascending; the nostrils placed in a short, broad, membranous groove, 
with the opening small and exposed. Wings moderate., with the first quill long, 
the second to the fourth nearly equal and longest. Tail much lengthened and gra- 
duated, with the feathers narrowed throughout. Tarsi as long as the middle toe, 
robust and covered with broad scales. Toes rather long, the lateral toes equal., 
the hind moderate united at the base of the inner toe and directed forwards; the 
claws long, curved and very acute. — 7 Spec. 
atrigularis Stephens, Gener. Zool. X. 6. = Colius nigricollis Vieill.vjv ^ 
capensis Brisson, Ornith. III. 304. Tb. 16. Fig. 2. — Gmelin, Syst. Natur. 
I. 842. — Stephens, Gener. Zool. X. 2. Tb. 1. [Africa merid. 
Loxia colius Linne, Syst. Natur. I. 301. — Buffon, Pl. enlum. 282. Fig. 1. 
— Levaillant, Oiseaux Afr. Tb. 257. 
Colius erythropus Gmelin, Syst. Natur. I. 842. — Layarö,. Birds S. Afr. 
221. — Rüppell, Mus. Senkenb. III. 42. 
Loxia cristata Gmelin, Syst. Natur. I. 849. 
Colius leuconotus Latham, Ind. Ornith. I. 369. 
Colius erythropygius Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 864. 
Muisvogel, Mousebird. 
carunculatus Stephens, Gener. Zool. X. 4. = Colius erythromelas^^ Vibill. 
castationotus Verreaux, Revue Mag. Zool. 1855. VII. 351. [Africa merid. 
Colius castanotus Hartlaub, Syst. Ornith. W. Afr. 155. 
Sumbo. 
coromandeliensis Gray, Genera Birds III. App. 18. = Colius erythromelas 
Vieill. 
erythromelas Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 865. [Africa merid. 
Colius indicus Latham, Ind. Ornith. I. 370. 
Colius quiriva Levaillant, Oiseaux Afr. Tb. 258. 
Colius carunculatus Stephens, Gener. Zool. X. 4. 
Colius quiriwa Levail. Rüppell, Mus. Senkenb. III. 43. 
Colius coromandeliensis Gray, Genera Birds III. App. 18. — Lichtenstein, 
Mus. Senkenberg. III. 40. 
Colius capensis Layard, Birds S. Afr. 222. 
Urocolius indicus Bonaparte, Consp. Vol. anis. 3. 
erythropus Gmelin, Syst. Natur. I. 842. = Colius capensis Briss. 
erythropygius Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 864. = Colius capensis Briss. 
gularis Cuvier, Règne anim. I. 416. = Colius nigricollis Vieill. 
indicus Latham, Ind. Ornith. I. 370. ~ Colius erythromelas Vieill. 
leuconotus Latham, Ind. Ornith. I. 369. = Colius capensis Briss. 
leacotis Rüppell, Mus. Senkenbg. III. 42. Tb. 2. Fig. 1. [Abyssinia. 
Colius leuconotus Brehm. 
Ehabdocolius leucotis Bonaparte, Consp. Vol. anis. 3. 
