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N.W. Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse I'inwill [P.l. 



N.W. Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill [P.]. 



Kamptee, C. India. Dr. Hinde [P.]- 



Kamptee, C. India. Dr. Ilinde [P. J. 



Madras. Kev. H. H. Baber [P.J. 



Travancore. Capt. Biddulph [C/j. 



Bumiali (Day). Secretary of State for India [P.]. 



Bliamo, Upper Bur- Dr. Anderson [C.]. 



mah,Jan.28,1868. 



Pegu. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.l. 



Pegu. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



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



Subsp. a. Oriolus ceylonensis. 



Oriolus cej-lonensis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 347 ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. Ill ; 



Schl. Mm. P.-B. Coraces, p. 107; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 292; 



Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 453 ; Hume, Str. F. 1873, p. 439. 

 Oriolus melanocephalus, Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 230. 



Adult. Similar to 0. melanocephalus, but smaller, and having a 

 very much smaller alar speculum. Total length 8-5 inches, culmen 

 1-1, wing 4-7, tail 3-4, tarsus 1. 



Obs. Dr. Jerdon (I. c.) separates the Black-headed Oriole of 

 Southern India as 0. ceylonensis, affirming that it is the same as the 

 Ceylonese bird. Although rather smaller than Himalayan examples, 

 the alar speculum is larger than in the bird of Ceylon ; and I look 

 upon it as an intermediate form between the continental and the 

 insular birds. 0. ceylonensis is not at all a good species, and per- 

 haps in a large series would be found to be inseparable from 0. 

 melanocephalus. The Andaman bird seems to be the same as the 

 Ceylonese one, with a small speculum ; but I have only a single spe- 

 cimen to judge from, and that one not fully adult. The Madras 

 specimens have the wing measuring from 5-05 to 5*25 inches. 



Hah. Ceylon and the Andaman Islands. 



a. Ad. sk., h, c. Juv. sk. Ceylon. E. L. Laj^ard, Esq. [C.]. 



d, e. Ad. sk., /. Juv. sk. Newara Elba. Mr. E. Boate [C.]. 



g. 5 juv. sk. Port Blair, S. Anda- E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.J. 



mans, July 4, 1873 



( Wimhcrley). 



2b. Oriolus monachus. 



Moloxita ou la Religieuse d'Abyssinie, Month. Hist. Nat. Ois. iii. 



p. 40.5. 

 Nun ThnisL, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 77. 

 Tardus monacha, Gm. S. N. i. p. 824. 

 Nun Oriole, Lath. Gen. Hist. B. iii. p. 142. 

 Oriolus monacha, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 193 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, 



p. 220 ; Blanf. Geol. ^- Zool. Abyss, p. 392. 

 Oriolus monachus. Cab. Miis. Hein. Th. i. p. 210; Heugl. Om. N.O.- 



Afr. i. p. 402: Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 292; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. 



p. 53. 



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