Mr. F. Moore on a new Indian Swallow. 235 



to Timalia hyperythra or T, hypoleuca\ but this point r,e(]^i]:a3 

 further investigation. <w,\\ qiIi ; [yrX-mm 



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Subfamily Oriolin^e. . rxi gtfijg 



i..rU c. .^ ^ f » Genus Oriolus. ij m] . 



Oriolus aureus, Gmel. Indian Oriole or Mango BiRb. 



This is common in the Deccan, frequenting banian trees and topes 

 of mangoes, wlience its name. These birds are particularly fond of the 

 fruit of the banian, or Indian fig; the gizzard of one which I shot 

 was full of the seeds of this small fig. The Indian Oriole begins to 

 breed in the month of June. A pair of these birds built their nest 

 on the small forked branches of a flowering tree in my garden at 

 Ahmednuggur. The nest was composed of various fibrous substances, 

 amongst which pieces of hemp appeared to predominate ; with this 

 two of the branches were bound together ; some fragments of part of 

 a letter which had been torn up and thrown away were inserted ; 

 the handwriting on the paper I easily recognized as that of a lady at 

 the station. The nest, in its position, and in the manner in which 

 it was attached to the boughs, was much like that figured by Mr. 

 Yarrell in his work on British Birds as the nest of the Golden Oriole. 

 The nest, I believe, contained four eggs, of a white ground with claret- 

 coloured spots. This nest, with the eggs, and a pair of the old birds, 

 are in the possession of the Zoological Society. 



asaoffld bgiu Notice of a New Indian Swallow. 



^ • 6y Frederic Moore, Assist. EastInd. Comp. Museum, yg 



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The subject that I beg to lay before the Meeting this evening, is 



a new form belonging to the family Hirundinidce, lately collected in 

 Nepal and presented to the Museum of the East India Company by 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq., which is allied to, but certainly distinct from, 

 the genus Chelidony and for which the following anagrammatic name 

 is proposed, 

 dgi^sd ;*iij Delichon (nov. gen.). !»a«.m 



Gen. Char. Bill short, thick, robust, gape rather wide, the cul- 

 men rounded, the nostrils basal, lateral and rounded. Wings rather 

 long, with the first quill the longest. Tail short, and emarginated or 

 nearly even at the end. Tarsi longer than the middle toe, and clothed 

 with plumes. Toes long and clothed with plumes, the inner shorter 

 than the outer ; the claws moderate and curved. 

 h';>i Type, D. Nipalensis^ Hodgs. n. sp. 



f. Spec. Char. Top of the head, chin, cheeks, ear-coverts, nape, back, 

 upper and under tail-coverts, fine glossy black ; wings black, paler 

 beneath, the upper coverts fringed with glossy black, the under coverts 

 dusky black ; tail black, fringed on the external webs with glossy 

 black ; a band of white across the rump ; throat, breast, abdomen, 

 lower part of flanks and vent white, upper part of flanks black ; tarsi 



