1. ORIOLrS. 



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tips of some of the bastard- wing-feathers ; primary-coverts golden 

 yellow, with black bases ; quills black, the primaries edged and 

 tipped with j-ellow, these yellow tips being very large on the secon- 

 daries, especially on the outer web, where they form a large spot ; 

 tail golden yellow, the feathers with black bases to the outer webs, 

 increasing in extent towards the centre of the tail, the two middle 

 feathers being black with narrow yellow tips, the two next feathers 

 black with the terminal third yellow ; " bill deep lake-red ; legs 

 plumbeous ; iris rich blood-red " (Jerdon). Total length 9-4 inches, 

 culmen 1-2, wing 5-7, tail 3'8, tarsus 0"95. 

 J£ab. India ; Tui'kestan. 



a. Ad. St. 



b, c, d. Ad. sk. 

 e,f. Juv. sk. 

 g. Pull. sk. 



h, i. Ad. sk. 

 A', I. Ad. sk. 

 m. Imm. sk. 

 n. Ad. sk. 

 o, p. cJ ad. sk. 

 q. Ad. sk. 

 r, s. Imm. sk. 

 t. Juv. sk. 

 u. Ad. sk. 



Nepal. 



Nepal. 



Nepal. 



Nepal. 



Behar. 



N.W. Himalayas. 



N.W. Himalayas. 



Ladakh. 



Cashmere. 



Kamptee, C. India. 



Kamptee, C. India. 



Kamptee, C. India. 



Deccan. 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 

 Capt. Stackhouse Piuwill [P.]. 

 Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill [P.]. 

 Purchased. 



E. M. Eangworthy, Esq. [C.l. 

 Dr. Hinde[P.]. 

 Dr. Hinder P.]. 

 Dr. Hinde [P.]. 

 Dr. F. Day [C.]. 



3. Oriolus auratus. 



Le Loiiodor, Levaill. Ois. d^Afr. pi. 2G0 ; Sundev. Crit. oni Levaill. 



p. 53. 

 Oriolus auratus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xviii. p. 194; id. et Oud. 



Gal. O/.s.pl. 8.3; Sicains. B. W. Afr. ii. p. ;«; Bp. Consp. i. p. 348; 



Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 209 ; Hartl. J.f. O. 1854, p. 24; Antin. 



Cat. Met. TJcc. Afr. C-N, p. 44 ; Scld. Mus. P.-B. Coraces, p. 101 ; 



Heii(/l. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 401 ; Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 291 ; 



Sha'rpe, Ihis, 1870, p.' 216 ; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 53. 

 Le Loriot bicolor, Temm. Cat. S]/d. Cab. d'Or/i. pp. 46, 202. 

 Oriolus hkoloY, LicJit. Verz. Buubl. y>. 20; Hartl. Orn. lV.-Afr.^.80; 



id. J.f. O. 1861, p. 163; Bucage, Jurn. Li»b. i. p. 137. 

 Oriolus chrvseos, Heugl. Si/.st. Uebers. p. 31. eo. 294; id. Naiim. 



1857, p. 433. 

 Oriolus icterus, Paid v. Wiirt. MS. ; Ileiiijl. J.f. O. 1867, p. 299. 



Tail of Orio/n.-i aurafiii'. 



