. The birds of South Africa. Birds. OOLIID^ COLIUS 95 All the species are coDfined to Africa, and three are found within our limits. Key of Species. A. Lower back white bordered on either side by black, 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-yeUow 0. erythromelon, y. 99. b. Forehead creamy-white .". C. erythromelon lacteifrons, p. 100. 423. Colius striatus. Speckled Mouse-bird. Colius striatus, Gmel. By at. Nat. i, p. 843 (1788)
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. OOLIID^ COLIUS 95 All the species are coDfined to Africa, and three are found within our limits. Key of Species. A. Lower back white bordered on either side by black, 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-yeUow 0. erythromelon, y. 99. b. Forehead creamy-white .". C. erythromelon lacteifrons, p. 100. 423. Colius striatus. Speckled Mouse-bird. Colius striatus, Gmel. By at. Nat. i, p. 843 (1788) ; Grill, K. Vet. AJcad. Eandl. ii, no. 10, p. 45 (1858) [Knysna] ; Gurney, Ibis, 1860, p. 213 [Natal], 1862, p. 157, 1864, p. 859; Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 222 (1867) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 81 [Durban] ; Ba/rratt, Ibis, 1876, p. 204 [Maoamac] ; Sho/rpe, ed. Layard's B. S. 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] ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1897, p. 515 [Zululand] ; Woodward Bros. Natal B. p. 95 (1899) ; Alexamder, Ibis, 1900, p. 104 [Tete].. Pig. 38.—CoUus striatus. x j. Le Coliou raye, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. vi, p. 36, pi. 256 (1808). " Muis-Vogel " of the Dutch (apphed 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; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944. Fauna of South Africa. London, R. H. Porter
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