1. 0RI0LT7S. 197 



centre of the feather ; cubital coverts black at the base, with a yellow- 

 edging, gradually getting broader towards the tip ; quills black, 

 greyish on the underside ; secondaries margined with yeUow, and 

 the outer primaries with white ; middle tail-feathers black, \vith a 

 yellow tip, the two next to the middle tail-feathers black at the 

 base and for the greater part of the inner web, the four outer tail- 

 feathers yellow ; a black streak from the base of the bill, passing 

 through the eye and produced to the extremity of the ear-covert ; 

 entire under surface rich golden ycUow ; bill brownish red ; feet 

 black. Total length 8 inches, of bill from front 1-1, from gape 1-2, 

 wing 5-4, tail 3-1, tarsus 0-8, middle toe 0-7, hind toe 0-35. 



Bab. Eastern Africa, from Mombas to the Zambesi, and South- 

 western Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. Tete, Zambesi. Dr. Kirk [C.]. 



b. cJ ad. sk. Ondonga, Ovampo Land, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Jan. 22, 1867 {Anders- 

 son). 



c. Ad. sk. Maconjo {Anchieta). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



d. Juv. sk. Benguela. J. J. Monteu-o, Esq. [C] *. 



5. Oriolus diffusus t. 



Oriolus sinensis, Swains. An. in Menag. p. 342 (sub O. coronafus) ; 



Eijton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 104. 

 Oriolus chinensis {nee Linn.), Jerd. Madr. Joiirn. x. p. 2G2 ; Bh/th, 



J. A. S. B. xi. p. 797 ; David, X. Arch. Mus. Bull. p. 8 ; Swinh. 



P. Z. 8. 1871, p. 374 ; Hume, Sfr. F. 1874, p. 477, 187-5, p. 132 ; 



Prjevalsk. Orn. Misc. ii. p. 271. 

 Oriolus indicus, Jerd. III. Ind. Orn. pi. 15 ; Bhjth, J. A. S. B. xv. 



p. 47 ; id. Cat. B. Mtts. A. S. B. p. 21G ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 348 ; 



Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Mm. E.I. Co. \. p. 270 ; Jerd. B. Ind. 



ii. p." 100 ; Schl. M^is. P.-B. Coraces, p. 102 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 292 ; Holdsto. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 453 ; Bli/th ^- Wald. B. Burm. 



p. 139. 

 Euchlorites chinensis, Heine, J. f. O. 1859, p. 402. 

 Euchlorites indicus, Heine, t. c. p. 402. 



Adult male. General colour above and below bright yellow ; fore 

 part of head bright yellow ; lores, feathers round the eye, and the 

 hinder part of the head and neck, black, forming a distinct horse- 

 shoo ; wing-coverts bright j'ellow, the inner webs of the greater 

 series black ; primary-coverts black, broadly tipped with yellow, 

 forming a large speculum ; quiUs black, tipped with greyish white, 



* This is the specimen referred to by Dr. Hardaub (P. Z. S. 1865, p. 93) aa 



0. hicolor ; but from its smaller size, light coloration, and nearly obsolete basal 

 markings to thetail-featbers, it is most probably an immature O. nofatus ; from 

 its immaturity, however, it is rather difficult to refer the specimen accurately. 



t Tliis Oriole is the bird generally called 0. indicus by authors ; but Brisson'a 

 description is totally inadmissible, unless, indeed, a Golden Oriole with blue in 

 its coloration remains to be discovered, which is hardly likely. The Chinese 

 bird {0. chinensis, auct.) is not separable from the Indian ; and the name chi- 

 nensis being undoubtedly referable to the Oriole of the Philippines, I have 

 proposed the name of diffusus for the Indian bird, as it is the most widely spread 

 of all the black -naped species. 



