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d. Ad. sk. Euiuiill, Wassaw, March R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



1872 (Blvisett). 

 f. Ad. sk. Y&ntGQ {Ussher). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. (Spec. figured 



in Ibis, 1870, pL vii. fig. 1.) 



30. Oriolus cruentus. 



Leptopteryx cruenta, Wai/ler, Syst. Av. uddit. Leptopteryx, sp. 9. 



Lanius cruentus. Drop. Diet. Class, xiii. p. 527. 



Ocjpterus sanguiuoleutus, Temm. PI. Col. iii. pi. 499. 



Analcipus sanguinoleutus, Swains, in Faun. Bor.-Amer. p. 482 ; id. 



Class. B. ii. p. 222 ; Bp. Comp. i. p. 345 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 290. 

 Artamia sanguinolenta, "Isid, Geoffr." Less. B. Z. 1839, p. 197. 

 Philocarpus sanguinolentiis, MilU. Tijdschr. Nat. Gesch. Physiol. 



Aynsterd. ii. p. 331. 

 Erythrolanius rubropectus, Less. R. Z. 1840, p. 274. 

 Oriolus sanguiuoleiitus. Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 232. 

 Arlanius sauguinolentus. Low, Sarawak, p. 410. 

 Analcipus cruentus, Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 278. 



Adult. General colour glossy blue-black, duller below, the centre 

 of the breast deep crimson ; wings and tail black, with the excep- 

 tion of the inner immary-coverts, which are crimson at the tip, 

 forming a distinct alar speculum. Total length 9"8 inches, culmen 

 1-05, wing 5-35, tail 4-9, tarsus 0-9. 



Hab. Java, Sumatra, Borneo. 



«, h. Ad. St. Indian archipelago. Baron Laugier. 



c. Ad. sk. West Java. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.J. 



31. Oriolus ardens. 



Psaropholus ardens, Swinh. His, 1862, p. 363, 1863, p. 293, 1866, 



pp. 297, 398; id. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 375. 

 Oriolus ardens, Schl. M. P.-B. Coraces, p. 115. 

 Analcipus ardens, Gray, Hand-l. B. 1. p. 290. 



Adult. General colour above and below deep crimson, the scapu- 

 lars like the back, but more or less black externally ; head all round 

 black, this colour occupying also the entire fore neck ; thighs 

 blackish ; under -wing-coverts black, washed with crimson on the 

 edge of the wing ; wings above entirely black ; tail crimson, not so 

 bright as on the back ; " bill light cobalt ; skin round eye %-iolet- 

 grey ; legs leaden grey ; claws and soles dusky ; iris crimson-brown" 

 (Swinhoe). Total length 9-5 inches, culmen 1-1, wing 6-05, tail 4-35, 

 tarsus 0'95. 



Hab. Island of Formosa. 



a. Ad. sk. N. Foi-mosa. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 



32. Oriolus nigellicaudus. 



Psaropholus ardens, var. nigellicauda, SwinJi. Ibis, 1870, p. 342 : id 

 P. Z. S. 1871, p. 374. 



Adult male. Plumage as in 0. ardens of Formosa, except as re- 



