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coloured like the back, the greater series bright yellow, not quite so 

 intense as the back, the inner webs of the feathers black ; primary- 

 coverts black, broadl}' tipped with yellow, forming an alar speculum ; 

 quills black, the primaries externally edged and tipped with greyish 

 white, the secondaries margined with yellow, increasing on the 

 innermost to a large yellow spot occupying the end of the outer web 

 and the tip of the inner one also ; two centre tail-feathers black, 

 tipped with bright yellow, the rest of the feathers bright yellow 

 with black bases, the black increasing towards the centre of the 

 tail. Total leugth 10-5 inches, culmen 1-2, wing 5-55, tail 4, 

 tarsus 0-95. 



Young. Mi;ch duller in colour than the adult and shaded with 

 greenish, the ^nng-coverts tipped with bright yellow ; no distinct 

 black coronal circlet ; but the lores dusky greenish, and an indication 

 of a darker colour round the nape ; wings brown, the primary- 

 coverts narrowly tipped with yellow ; the secondaries externally 

 olivaceous, inclining to brighter yellow on the outer webs, and at 

 the tips : four centre tail-feathers olivaceous, slightly tipped with 

 j'ellow, the remainder blackish, inclining to olivaceous more or less 

 near the base, with a large yeUow triangular spot at the tip of each 

 feather, increasing in size towards the outermost ; general colour 

 underneath bright yellow, more or less white on the breast, the 

 feathers of which are mesially streaked with black. 



Hab. Java, Sumatra, BaH, Bangka, Borneo. 



a. S ad. sk. W. Java, 1861. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C". 



b. Ad. sk. W. Java, 1863. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C. 



c. Ad. sk. E. Java, 1861. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [CJ. 



d. Ad. St. Java. Purchased. 



e. Ad. sk. Bali, 1856. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [0.]. 

 /. c? juv. sk. Sumatra, 1861. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 

 g. Ad. sk. Borneo. Hugh Low, Esq. [C.]. 



h. Skeleton. Pui-chased. 



8. Oriolus andamanensis. 



Oriolus horsfieldi, Blyth in Mottatfs Andcnnan Is. p. 352 (nee 



Swains.). 

 Oriolus andamanensis, Tytler 8f Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 326 ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 292. no. 4311 ; Ball, Sir. F. 1873, p. 72; Hume, 



Str. F. 1874, p. 227. 

 Broderipus andamanensis, Walden, Ibis, 1873, p. 305. 



Adult male. General colour above and below brilliant yellow ; 

 crown of head yellow, like the back, from which it is separated by 

 a horseshoe band of black, drawn from the lores, enclosing the eye 

 and passing round the nape ; wing-coverts yellow like the back, 

 the greater series black on the inner web ; rest of the wings black, 

 with only a faint terminal edging of yellow to the quUls, forming 

 a little larger spot on the inner secondaries; primary-coverts black, 

 tipped with yellow, but not very broadly ; centre taU-feathers black, 

 tipped with yellow and slightly washed with olivaceous near the base, 

 all the other feathers black at base, these black bases decreasing in 



