l8o BIRDS OP^ THE BRITISH EMPIRE. 



thickets in pairs, and feetlinor on fruit and insects, but 

 principally on the latter. 



THE ORIOLES. 

 The following has been selected for consideration. 



Family — Oriolidcu. 



Genus — Oriohis. O. indicus. Black-naped Oriole. 

 O. kundoo. Syke's Oriole. 



Black-Naped Oriole. — This bird is bright yellow, with 

 a greenish tin^re on the back and wing coverts. A black 

 horse-shoe mark extends from the base of the bill through 

 the eyes to the nape. The tail is black ; the two central 

 feathers are barely tipped with yellow, but all the rest 

 broadly. The wings are black, the secondaries broadly 

 margined with yellow, and the tertiaries have the whole of 

 the outer web of the same colour suffused with a tinge of 

 green. The female is greener above, but otherwise re- 

 sembles the male. 



The total length of tiie bird is 10 inches, of which the 

 tail takes up 3.j. In both sexes the bill is pinky red, and 

 the legs and feet lead colour. It is met witli throughout 

 India, but is not very abundant anywhere. 



Syke's Oriole. — In this species the head and neck are 

 deep black, and the rest of the plumage is rich yellow. It 

 is found in Southern India and Ceylon. 



THE DRONGO. 



Family — Diet undis. 



Genus — Chibia. C. hottentotta. 



This family has representatives in India and the Indian 

 Islajads, but we can only notice one of them. 



