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ORIOLID^E. 



the primaries externally margined with that colour, the secondaries 

 Avith yellow, the innermost almost entirely ycUow, leaving only the 

 half of the inner web black ; tail black, the feathers broadly tipped 

 with bright yellow, increasing towards the outer feathers of the 

 tail, the yellow extending further up the inner than the outer web ; 

 " bill pinky red ; feet plumbeous ; iris rich blood-red " (Jerdon). 

 Total length 9-6 inches, culmen 1-25, wing 5-85, tail 3-85, tarsus 1. 



Toniirf. Greenish yellow, the feathers tipped with bright yellow ; 

 quills brownish, the primaries externally edged with grey, the pri- 

 mar3'-coverts and secondaries externally washed with greenish 

 yellow, inclining to brighter yellow on the outer margin ; tail 

 greenish, tipped with yellow, more broadly on the outer feathers, 

 which have a subterminal shade of blackish of greater or less ex- 

 tent ; under surface of body Avhite, the feathers mesially streaked 

 with black ; the sides of the body, thighs, and under wing- and tail- 

 coverts bright yellow. 



Obs. The bird described is an adult from China, as at present the 

 Museum does not possess a specimen from India. Lord Tweeddalo has 

 kindly lent me a Malabar skin, which measures as follows : — Total 

 length 9-8 inches, culmen 1-2.5, wing 6-2, tail 4-1, tarsus 0-9. There 

 are some slight differences between Indian and Chinese specimens, 

 but not sufficient to found species upon. (Of. also Hume, S. F. 1875, 

 p. 132.) 



Head of Oriolus diffusus. 



Hah. Indian peninsula and China : Tenasserim, as far south as 

 Penang. 



«, h. Ad. sk. 



c. Juv. sk. 



d, e. Ad. sk. 

 f,g. Ad. sk. 

 h. Juv. sk. 



i. Var. sk. 

 k. Ad. sk. 

 /. Ad.sk., m. Juv. sk. 



Tenasserim. 

 Tenasserim. 

 Penang. 

 China. 

 China. 

 N. China. 

 N. China. 

 S.W. Formosa. 



J. C. D. Packman, Esq. [P.]. 

 J. C. D. Packman, Esq. [P.]. 

 Dr. Cantor [C.]. 

 Capt. Blakiston [C.J. 

 Capt. Blakiston [Cj. 

 Capt. Blakiston [C.]. 

 Mr. Fortune [C.]. 

 R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 



6. Oriolus tenuirostris. 



Oriolus tenuirostris, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 48; id. Cat. B. Mtis. 

 A. S. B. p. 216 ; Gray, Hnnd-l. B. i. p. 292. no. 4.308 ; Hume, 

 Str. F. 1874, p. 477, '187.5. p. 1.31 ; BIyfh S,- WakJ. B. Burm. 

 p. 140. no. 484. 



