196 ORIOLIDiE. 



Adult male. Above very rich golden yellow, a little lighter on the 

 rump ; least wing-coverts entirely yellow ; lesser wing-coverts hlack 

 at the base and very broadly edged with yellow, so that the black 

 scarcelj- shows, the feather nearest the edge of the wing entirely 

 black ; primary-coverts black, with a few of the smaller feathers 

 tipped with yellow ; quills black, light grey underneath, the inner- 

 most secondaries broadly, the outer ones more narrowly edged with 

 yellow ; middle tail-feathers black, with a yellow tip, the next two 

 on each side black, with a little broader edging of yellow, the next 

 feathers for the most part yellow till the last, which are black only 

 at the base ; a line of black feathers from the base of the bill to the 

 extremity of the ear-covert, encircling the eye ; entire under surface 

 of the body rich golden yellow ; bill brownish red ; feet black. 

 Total length 9 inclies, of bill from front 1"1, from gape 1-3, wing 5"o, 

 taU 3'3, tarsus -75, middle toe •?, hind toe -4. 



VowKj. Similar to the male, but with the upper surface tinged 

 with olive-green, the rump alone being bright yellow ; the quills 

 more dusky black, and the tail-feathers tinged with olive where 

 they are black in the adult male ; throat and breast whitish ; sides 

 of the body, flanks, and abdomen yellow, the whole striped with 

 longitudinal Unes. Total length 9 inches, bill from front 1-2, from 

 gape 1-35, wing 5-5, taU 3-4, tarsus -8, middle toe •?, hind toe "4. 



Ifab. W. Africa, from Senegambia to Angola ; N.E. Africa. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Casamauce. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



b, c. Imm. sk. River Gambia. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



d. 2 ad. sk. [W. Africa.] R. B. Sharpe, Esq. • 



e. Ad. sk. River Gambia. Lieut.-Col. Strachan [P.]. 



4. Oriolus notatus. 



Oriolus auratus, Gurnei/, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 2 (nee V.) ; Anderss. t. c. 



p. 6 ; Layarcl, B. S. Afr. p. 185. 

 Oriolus notatus, Peters, J.f. 0. 1868, p. 182 ; Cab. in Tun der Deckens 



Reis. Vd(j. iii. p. .S.3 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 391 ; tSharpe, Ibis, 



1870, p. 218, pi. vii. fig. 2 ; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 53 ; Giirney in 



Anderss. B. iJam. Ld. p. 124. 

 Oriolus anderssoni, Bocuije, Jorn. Lisb. ii. p. 342. 



Tail of Oriolus notatus. 



Adult male. Above rich golden yellow, a little paler on the sca- 

 pukries ; least wing-coverts yellow, with a black shaft down the 



