1. ORIOLUS. 



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although I have not yet seen a fully golden bird detennined to be a 

 female by dissection, a great number of the striped-breasted birds 

 are rapidly becoming yellow below ; some even have nearlj' com- 

 pleted the full golden plumage, but have remains of narrow streaks 

 still visible. The change of plumage appears to take place graduallj' 

 by a change of the colour of the feather, and not by a direct 

 moult. 



Head of Oriolus galbula. 



Hah. The whole of Europe : Persia and S.W. Asia, visiting South 

 Africa in winter. 



a. cJ ad. St. 



b. Pull. St. 



c. Pull. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 



e. Jav. St. 

 /. cJad. sk. 

 g. c^ad. sk. 

 h. (S jii'i- sk. 

 i. 5 imm. sk. 

 k. Ad.sk. 



/. S ad. sk. 

 m. S juv. sk. 

 n. 2 ad. sk. 

 o. Ad. sk. 

 p. $ juv. sk. 



Em-ope. 



Europe. 



Westphalia, July 1808. 



Turkey {Robson). 



Athens. 



Athens. 



Algeria, June 6, 1850. 



Algeria, May 28, 1850. 



Banias, Mount Hermon. 



Plain of Zangaban, Za- 



gi-os. May 14, 1851. 

 Eklid, Persia, 7500 feet. 

 Eklid, Persia, 6700 feet. 

 Shiraz, Persia. 

 Persia. 

 Mesopotamia. 



q. Ad. sk. Bogos Laud. 



r,s. Inun. sk. White Nile (Brtin- 



RoUet). 

 t. Ad. sk. Mombas, E. Africa 



( Wakiifield). 

 M,!;. Imni.sk. Near Rustenburg, S.E. 



Africa. 

 w. 2 imni.sk. Knysna, Jan. 31, 186G 



(^Amlersson). 

 X. Imm. sk. Ondonga, Ovampo Land, 



Oct. 30, 'lSm(Aiid(r.<s- 



son). 

 y. Juv. sk. South Africa. 

 z. Skeleton. 



Baron A. von Iliigel [P.]. 



R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. [P.]. 



C. W. L. Merlin, Esq. [P.]. 



C. W. L. Merlin, Esq. [P.]. 



Purchased. 



Purchased. 



Canon Tristram [C.]. 



Kennett Lol'tus, Esq. [P.]. 



Major St.-John [C. 

 Major St.-John [C. 

 Major St.-John [C.^ 

 Charles Darwin, Esq. [P.]. 

 Commander Jones [C.J. 



{Cf. Horsf. & Moore, Cat. 



p."271,i\'o. 417, 6.) 

 Mr. Esler [C.]. 

 R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



F. A. Barratt, Esq. [C.J. 



R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. 



R. B. ShiU-pe, Esq. 



Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



