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Oriolus fiavociiictus flaroci iicttis : Stripes below and spots above as iu 

 O. Ji. miUlcri, yellow tips to outer rectrices larger : Australia. 



Of Oriolus Jiavocinctus migrator Mr. Kiihn sent the following specimens : — 



3 c? ad., 1 ? ad., Letti, November, December 1002. (Nos. 59(.)7, 596s, 0428, 0427.) 



5 3 ad., 2 ? ad., 2 ? jnv., Bloa, November 11102. (Nos. 0141—0144, 6219, 

 6220, 6253, 6254, 6280.) 



17 cJ? ad., 1 c? juv., 2 ¥ juv., Roma, July, August 1902. (Nos. 5101—5111, 

 5102a, 5105a, seven without numbers.) 



(? ? ad. : " Iris scarlet, bill brownish red (pale brownish red, pale sienna-red), 

 feet plumbeous (bright i)lnmbeous, ash-grey)." 



T\ie. female is like the male, young birds are underneath paler and with much 

 wider black median stripes to the feathers. The iris is blackish grey, the bill dull 

 blackish or brown, and there is a narrow yellow ring around the eyes. 



134. Oriolus finschi spec. nov. 



tj. Supra brunneo-ciueraceus, iudistincte nigrescente striatas, uropygio supra- 

 candalibusque nniooloribus brunneo-cinereis, alis pnllioribus, tectricibus pallide 

 marginatis. Loris, mento, capitis collique lateribus schistaceis. Subtus luteo- 

 brnnnescens, pectore et abdominis plumarum mediis brunneo-cinereis, cauda 

 brunnea, rectricum pogoniis internis Inteo terminatis. 



? . Supra lirunnescens, pileo nigrostriato, collo uigro-brunneo macnlato, alis 

 paullo pullioribns. Loris, capitis collique lateribus nigris, regione supra-auriculari 

 et post-auriculari lutescente-albidis, gutture medio juguloque albido-luteis, pectore 

 abdomineque lutescentibns, plumarum mediis brunnescentibus. 



Dr. Finsch identified a single young mrde from Wetter with Oriolus tirirdj'uscus 

 of Timor {Notes Leijden Mus. x.\ii. 240), an error which could not have been 

 made if he had had adult males and females. The female is very similar to that of 

 0. riridifascHS, but the hind-neck is spotted with black, the whitish stripe above 

 the auricular region is wider, the whitish patch behind the ear-coverts appears to 

 be larger, the tail is longer, the more or less distinct blackish lines on the jugulnm 

 are absent. The tnale, however, diifers very strikingly. The upper surface is 

 brownish ash-grey, not in the least greenish, the lores, chin, ear-coverts and sides 

 of neck are slate-colour, the throat and jugnlum buify-brown like the abdomen, not 

 grey in contrast with the abdomen. The bill is not browuish-red, but dark brown. 



(J : wing about 43 — 46, tail about 120—123, bill 28-5 — 31, metatarsus 28 mm. 



? : wing about 38—43, tail about 120 — 124 mm. 



Type: c? No. 5604a, Wetter, 16. iv. 1901 (Mus. Rothschild). 



This interesting new form is named iu honour of Dr. Otto Finsch, who wrote 

 the first list of the birds of the South-West Islands, which has been of the greatest 

 use to me during the present work, although our conclusions differ frequently. 



No doubt several of these orioles of the so-called Mimeta group will in future 

 rank as subspecies of one species, but I cannot at present review them. Probably 

 sfriafus, bouruensis, forsteni, mridifuscus and fnschi will be subspecies of one 

 species. 



We have received the following specimens : 



5 (?c?, 5 ? ¥, Wetter, 16. iv. 1901, September, October 1902. (Nos. 5599— 

 5603, 5604a, four without numbers.) 



cJ ? : " Iris scarlet (vermilion, dark scarlet), bill dull black (blackish, black) 

 feet plumbeous (blackish grey)." 



