206 OEIOLID^. 



shaded with black ; underneath bright yellow, lighter on the throat ; 

 the chest narrowly streaked with black, the sides of the breast 

 shaded with greenish ; bill horn-brown. Total length 10*5 inches, 

 culmen I'oo, wing 6'25, tail 5. 



Hah. Sanghir Islands. 

 «. c? fid. sk. Sanghir Islands. Darmstadt Museum [E.]. 



15. Oriolus flavicinctus. 



Mimetes flavociuctus, Kimj, Survey Intertr. Coasts Atistr. ii. p. 419. 

 Mimeta flavocincta, Vig. Sf Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 3^7 ; Bp. 



Consji. i. p. 346 ; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 466 ; Firisch, New 



Guinea, p. 173 ; Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 385. 

 Oriolus flavocinctus, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 232 ; Gould, B. Austr. iv. 



pi. 14; Schl. M. P.-B. Coraces, p. 110; Diggles, Orn. Austr. part 



xvi. ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 293. 



Adult male. Above bright olivaceous yellow, the hinder neck, 

 lower rump, and upper taU-covcrts uniform, the I'est of the upper 

 surface mottled with arrow-shaped centres of black to all the 

 feathers, the head less distinctly streaked with black ; scapulars 

 and least wing-coverts resembling the back ; rest of the wing- 

 coverts and quills blackish, washed externally with olivaceous, and 

 rather broadly tipped with pale yellow, inclining more or less to 

 white ; edge of the wing bright yellow, with black bases to the 

 feathers ; primary- coverts black, very broadly tipped with yellow, 

 and forming a speculum ; primaries edged with greyish white 

 towards the tips ; tail blackish, all the feathers washed with oliva- 

 ceous green and tipped with yellow, more largely on the inner web, 

 the olive colour increasing more towards the centre feathers, which 

 have very small yellow tips, and are washed with olive-greenish for 

 the entire extent of both their webs ; sides of face olive-yellow, the 

 ear-coverts greener and more dingy ; under surface of body olive- 

 yellow, brighter on the abdomen and lower tail-coverts ; thighs 

 yeUow, with black bases to the feathers ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries greyish brown, edged and tipped with bright yellow, the 

 outermost yellow, with black bases, giving a mottled appearance ; 

 " bill dull red ; feet lead-colour ; iris reddish orange." Total length 

 11-5 inches, culmen 1-3, wing 5-8, tail 4-4, tarsus 1-05. 



Young. Brown, strongly washed with grey, and slightly tinged 

 with ohvaceous here and there, all the feathers indistinctly streaked 

 with brown down the centre, the head thickly streaked with black ; 

 lores dull greyish, as also the ear-coverts, the latter streaked with 

 brown and slightly washed with olive ; over the eye a few lighter- 

 brown feathers forming a faintly indicated eyebrow ; under surface 

 of body white, broadly streaked with brown, the throat much more 

 dingy, tinged with sandy buff, and very thickly streaked with dark 

 brown ; under wing-coverts and axillaries light tawny buff, the 

 outermost coverts whitish, with very distinct dark brown bases, 

 giving a mottled appearance ; wings above brown, the feathers more 

 or less washed with greyish externally, the coverts distinctly edged 

 with tawny rufous, the primaries externally edged with greyish 



