202 ORIOLID^. 



yellow at the tip, the black bases markedly decreasing towards the 

 outer feathers of the tail ; " bill pink ; feet black ; iris red" ( Wal- 

 lace, MS.). Total length 12 inches, culmen 1-5, wing 6-2, tail 4-7, 

 tarsus 1-15. 



Youmj. Much paler and more yeUow, the black on the head 

 forming a ring round the nape, leaving the rest of the head yellow, 

 whereas in the adult the yellow is confined to a small frontal patch, 

 the rest of the crown being black ; wings brownish, the primaries 

 externally margined with greyish, the secondaries washed with olive 

 and externally edged with yellow near the tip ; two centre tail- 

 feathers olive-greenish, tipped with yellow, the rest of the feathers 

 olive-green at base, bright yellow at the tip, with a more or less 

 subterminal shade of black ; entire under siirface of body bright 

 yellow, incliiding the under wing- and tail-coverts ; the lower sur- 

 face of the quills dark brown, huffy white at the base of the inner 

 web. 



Hah. Sumbawa, Lombock, Flores. 



A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 

 A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.I. 

 A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C. 

 A. R. Wallace, Esq. 

 A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



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10. Oriolus macrurus. 



Oriolus macrourus, Bh/th, J. A. S. B. xv. pp. 46, 370 ; id. Cat. B. 

 Mus. A. S. B. p. 210 ; Horsf. ^ Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. i. 

 p. 270 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 292. no. 4-306 ; Ball, Str. F. 1873, 

 p. 71 ; Hmne, Str. F. 1874, p. 228, 1875, p. 132. 



Euchlorites macrurus, Heine, J. f. O. 1859, p. 403. 



Adult. Above and below bright yellow ; forehead yellow, the lores, 

 feathers round the eye, and remainder of the head and nape black ; 

 wings black, the wing-coverts yellow, like the back, the greater 

 series black on the inner web, the primaries externally edged with 

 grey, the secondaries with a very narrow yellowish edging near the 

 tip, almost imperceptible ; primary-coverts tipped with yellow, form- 

 ing an alar speculum ; two centre tail-feathers black with a narrow 

 yellow tip, the rest of the tail yellow, the feathers with black bases, 

 the extent of black greater on the inner web : the outer tail-feather 

 almost entirely yellow, with a very little black near the base, this 

 colour evidently disappearing altogether, the centre feathers slightly 

 olivaceous near the base ; " bill earn eons ; legs and feet plumbeous, 

 claws horny; iris carmine" {Hume). Total length 11 inches, 

 culmen 1-4, wing 5*9, tail 4*7, tarsus I'l. 



The young bird has the bill duU fleshy colour ; iris dull red- 

 brown. (Hume.) 



Hah. Nicobar Islands. 



a. Ad, sk. Nicobar Islands. Secretarv of State for India [P.]. 



{Cf. Horsf. & Moore, Cat. i. 

 p. "270. no. 413.) 



