. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. COLIID^ COIilUS 95 All the species are confined to Africa, and three are found within our limits. Key of Species. A. Lower back white bordered on either side by blacli, upper tail- coverts maroon C. capensis, p. 97. B. Lower back and rump like the rest of the upper surface a speckled brown C. striatus, p. 95. C. General colour above, greyish- green. a. Forehead ochre-yellow G. eri/thromeloii, p. 99. h. Forehead creamy-white C. erjjtliromelon lactei/rons, p. 100. 423. Colius striatus. Speckled Mouse-bird. CoUus striatus, Gmel. Sijst. Nat. i, p
. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. COLIID^ COIilUS 95 All the species are confined to Africa, and three are found within our limits. Key of Species. A. Lower back white bordered on either side by blacli, upper tail- coverts maroon C. capensis, p. 97. B. Lower back and rump like the rest of the upper surface a speckled brown C. striatus, p. 95. C. General colour above, greyish- green. a. Forehead ochre-yellow G. eri/thromeloii, p. 99. h. Forehead creamy-white C. erjjtliromelon lactei/rons, p. 100. 423. Colius striatus. Speckled Mouse-bird. CoUus striatus, Gmel. Sijst. Nat. i, p. 843 (1788) ; Grill, K. Vet. Akad. Handl. ii, no. 10, p. 45 (1858) [Knysna] ; Gurney, Ibis, 1860, p. 213 [Natal], 1862, p. 157, 1864, p. 359; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 222 (1867) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 81 [Durban] ; Barratt, Ibis, 1876, p. 204 [Macamac] ; Sharjye, ed. Layard's B. 8. Afr. pp. 555, 853 (1882-4) ; Butler, Feilden and Beid, Zool. 1882, p. 207 ; Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 311 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xvii, p. 339 (1892) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 118 (1896) ; Bendall, Ibis, 1896, p. 174 [Barberton] ; Sharjje, Ibis, 1897, p. 515 [Zululand] ; Woodward Bros. Natal B. p. 95 (1899) ; Alexander, Ibis, 1900, p. 104 [Tete].. Fig. 33.—Colius striatus. x |. Le Coliou raye, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. vi, p. 36, pi. 256 (1808). " Muis-Vogel " of the Dutch (applied to all the species). " Indhlazi " of Natal Zulus (Woodward). Description. Adult.—General colour above ashy-grey, paler on the head, darker on the rump; feathers of the head and back much decomposed and slightly vermiculated, those of the crown elongated. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stark, Arthur Cowell, d. 1899; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944. London, R. H. Porter
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