75 



ORIOLUS. 



r\w-fi^xi-ij. inches- (H) 1-67 X 1-12 inches. A set of three from 

 October, 1805, measures:— A) I b5x I 14 inciies, im / /r\ t-Ao v t-tt 



uciouei, 1 _yo, ,.At^,-t. inches' (B) i-6^ x rocj mches; C 1-62x117 



the same locahty measures:— (A) 167x115 mcnes, yi^) j j 



'"^ v' . Mr.k are duller in pluma-e than the adults, the head and nape is washed with 



Tnd t bow it ite subternunal spot is much smaller; only the inner secondar.es 



Lrnd^t n Uy P^d w,th dull white on their outer webs, and the yellow.sh-white centres to 



Te feaihers on thTunder surface are not so sharply defined; under tail-coverts yellow.sh-green. 



Wing 5-5 inches. 



October, and the three following months constitute the usual breedmg season of th.s spec.es. 



Family ORIOLID^. 



O-erL-Q-S OISIOI-iTJS, Linnmis. 



Oriolus sagittatus. 



OLIVE-BACKED ORIOLE. 

 Coracias sagitlala, Lath., Ind. Ora., Suppl, p. xxvi., (1801). 

 Oriolus .iriais, Oould, Bds. Austr., fol., Vol. IV„ pi. 13 (.848); Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 



Vol. III., p. •21-2 (1877). 

 Mimeta viridis, Gould, Handbk. Bds. Austr., Vol. I., p. 46-2 (1865). 



AOU.T ....-Osn.raUolour abore ,luU oli.e-yeUo., : prunar^es and their coverts, secorular^e^^^ 



...1, ...... ......... .«-- >^ro.. ------;t^2;tz::is^ 



^i,. ..kite, so,ne oftke inner greater co.erts .M >rUk «— r^' • -/ ^T. n,eb and Having a 



,rey,aU but tUe t.o ee.tr a^^ fe^^ers -^-^J:--^;^^^^^^^ 



large oval sp.t of >vhUe on tke .^ner n.eh tins pot '- « "^ J ,^ ^,^„^, „,,_^„,,. 



Z^IZW. Mack ou tUe ekest, tkese streams gradually assu,ning tkej.r.u o, ana.ro. te^^^ 



grey. Total length in the flesh 1V5 inches, udag 6, tail J,''>, bill I'l, tarsus J. 

 Adult female— Similar in plumage to the male. 

 ^i,^„i„,<,on.-Queensland, New South Wales, \^ictoria. 



1 1- h.^ in "The Ibis "* on the "Birds of North Queens- 

 -p^KOM an interestmg paper, pubhshed '" ^he Ib.s, ^^^ following:- 



i^ land.- by Messrs. H. C. Robn.son and W . S. L-er°c .^fortunately 



.The name of -'-/"-'f ' ^'^-^ Vr^^^f (^ r aL^^^^^^^^^ 



untenable, being founded on the Grcn, Gr.uU o^^^^am. J^^^^ ^^,^^ ^^^^^^ 



however, it is obvious that it really applies to the Cat b. ^^^,^,^^ of Latham,: 



name, then, for the present spec.es is M.,...s...iM«,found^^^^^^^^ .^^^ 



Latinized as Coracias sa.Htata., The specnnen ^ ^^ the Uverpool Musemn." 



Lord Derby's Collection, and is fortunately still m existence in ine^^^^^F ^ 



» '■ The Ibis," 1900, p 625. 

 t Gen. Syn., Suppl., II., p. 129 (i8oi)- 

 : Gen^ Syn., Suppl , II., p- 122 (18°')- 

 S; Ind. Orn., Suppl., p. xxvi , (iSoi). 



