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11. Oriolus celebensis. 

 J5roderipus coionatus, JValdeu, Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 60 (1874 nee Sw ) 

 S^nrp'ff' ^'"^'^^>^--V. 112; s!ka,.^^'Z^'^ 

 Oriolus coronatus, var. celebensis, Briifff,. Ahhandl. Brem. y. p. 62. 

 Adidt male. General colour above and below bright yeUow • head 

 yellow with a broad black band drawn from the lorL aro;e a'td 

 below the eye and encircling the nape; wing-coverts yellow like 

 the back the greater series with the inner webs black ; the remlinder 

 of wing black, he pnmary-coverts slightly tipped wi h yellow nri 

 manes externally edged with greyish white \he secondaries " wth 

 yeUow, more broadly developed on the latter as they approach th« 



Dlack jellowat the tips, the black bases increasing gradually in 

 extent towards the middle of the tail, the two centre fe^ hers o ive 

 greenish, narrowly tipped with yellow, before which is a sut S' 

 ruinal spot of black ; under surface of body bright yellow indud u<^ 

 the under wing- and tail-coverts. Total iLgth lo's iuche "c Im n 

 1-15, ^ving o-!),3, tail 4-3, tarsus 0-95. 



mt-^Zt "^^^ft''^'' ^^l examined the specimens coUccted by 

 Mr ^^ allace ; and he considers that they are not in full and com 

 plete plumage, but in the intermediate stage which he correcdv 

 describes as tound in the Javan Oriole. I b^elieve, however thS 



teatheis, instead of increasing, decreases, in fact, with age and dis 

 appears entirely in a very old bird. The black base tt 'the outer" 

 feather also disappears with age, leaving it entirely yellow in tt 

 fully adul bird. The greenish centre tail-feathers a/e found i^some 

 of the African Orioles; and the blackish subterminal colouring 

 vanishes as the birds grow older. Cf. Bruggem.l^^Tpp 6" S ^ 



I may add that the alar speculum varief in si.e, and i^ early 

 obsolete m some individuals. "carij 



Hah. Celebes. 

 a, b. Ad. sk. Celebes t n u n 



12. Oriolus chinensis. 

 Le Loriot de la Cochinchine. i¥/m. 0/-«. ii. p. 326 ul .3.3 fi.r ^ 

 Oriolus cunensis Linn S. N. i. p. 100 (>.- i?^..)^^^;-!/?^^ B 

 %r- VA^^' "^- ^- '^- ^- ■^^•- P- 46; id. Cat B Mm 4 li » 



Le Couliavan de la Cochinchine, Mo,itb. PI Enl .570 



rc«. j3. ]. p. __.jj^ pi 5j^ jy Consp. 1. p. 348- Srh/ AT,,o T> T> 



Oriolus cochinchiueiisis, Bp. Consn. i p .348 

 Brodenpus acrorhynchus, Waldi-n, Tr.'z. S. ix. p. 185. 



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