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ORIOtlDJE. 



Oriolus kundoo. 



Oriolus kundoo, Si/kes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 87 ; Graij, Ge7i. B. i. p. 232 ; 



Blyth, J. A. 8. B. XV. p. 49; uL Cat. B. 3Ius. A. S. B. p. 216; 



Fraser, Zool. Ti/p. pi. 38 : Bp. Consp. i. p. 348 ; Horsf. Hi Moore, 



Cat. B. Mas. B.I. Co. i. p. 272 ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 107 ; Schl. 



Mils. P.-B. Coraces, p. 101 ; Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 291 ; Hume, 



Lahore to Yark. p. 167 ; Henders. S,- Hume, t. c. p. 200, pi. xi. ; 



Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 299. 

 Oriolus galbula, Sykcs, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 17; Hodgs. in Grays Zool. 



Misc. p. 83. 

 Oriolu3 aureus, Jerd. 3Iadr. Journ. x. p. 201 ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi. 



p. 797. 

 Oriolus galbuloides, Gordd, P. Z. S. 18-il, p. G. 

 Oi-iolus melauoris, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. 3Iisc. p. 83. no. 263. 



Head of Oriolus kundoo. 



Nestling. Above light yellowish green, with edgings of paler yellow 

 to the feathei's ; wiiigs olive-brown washed with yellowish green, 

 with light-yellow tips ; primaries externally edged with greyish 

 Avhite; tail olive-green, tipped with yellow, the external feathers 

 yellow on the inner web ; rest of under surface of body dull white, 

 slightly washed with yellow here and there, the feathers mesially 

 streaked with brown, 



Full-groiun young bird. Similar in plumage to the nestling before 

 described, but rather brighter yellow above and wanting the yellow 

 margins to the feathers of the upper surface, excepting on the wing- 

 coverts, where a few still remain ; quills brown, the primaries exter- 

 nally edged with greyish white, the secondaries washed with olive- 

 yeUow, more distinct on the inner ones, which resemble the wing- 

 coverts ; tail dull yellowish olive, tipped with bright yellow, 

 both increasing in extent at the tip and occupying more of the 

 base towards the outer tail-feathers, some of which show a slight 

 subterminal blackish shade ; under surface of body dull white, with 

 mesial blackish streaks to all the feathers, more obscure on the throat ; 

 the sides of the body, thighs, and under wing- and tail-coverts bright 

 yellow. Total length 9-5 inches, culmcn 1-15, wing 5-35, tail 3-G, 

 tarsus 0*85. 



Adult male. Bright golden yellow above and below, including the 

 thighs and under wing- and tail-covcrts ; lores, feathers round the 

 eye, and a narrow eyebrow black ; most of the scapulars externally 

 black ; wings black, the edge of the wing golden yellow, as also the 



