224 ORIOLIDJS. 



1. Sphecotheres maxillaris. 



Maxillary Thrush, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. ii. p. 186. 



Turdus maxillaris, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xliii. 



Sphecotheres %iridis, Viq. fy Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 21o (nee 



VieilL). 

 Sphecotheres virescenf:, Jard. ^- Selby, III. Orn. ii. pi. 79 (nee Vieill.) ; 



Licht. Nomencl. p. 25. 

 Sphecotheres austi-alis, Swains, (ittbi?); Gould, B. Austr.'w. ^\.\k>; 



Diggleg, Orn. Austr. part 2. 

 Sphecothera grisea, Less. Traite, p. 3-51 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 231. 

 Sphecotheres cauicollis, Sivains. An. in Menag. p. 320. 

 Sphecotheres maxillaris, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 231 ; Cab. Mus. Hein. 



i. p. 212 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 345 ; Gotdd, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 467. 

 Oriolus maxillaris, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Coraces, p. 11-5. 



Adult male. Above yellowish green, somewhat brighter on the 

 lower back ; wing-coverts uniform with the back, as also the inner- 

 most secondaries ; quiUs black, with narrow greyish margins and 

 tips, the secondaries externally yellowish green like the back, the 

 bases of the outer webs black like the inner webs of these quiUs ; 

 tail black, the three outer feathers white at tip, the white increasing 

 on the two external feathers, and extending along the outer web of 

 the last one ; crown of head, nape, and ear-covcrts black, as also 

 the fore part of the cheeks ; hind neck, sides of neck, throat, and 

 fore neck leaden grey ; lores and region round the eye bare ; rest 

 of under surface dull yellowish green ; thighs grey ; vent and under 

 tail-coverts white ; .under wing-coverts grey washed with yellowish 

 green ; under surface of quills light greyish ; " orbits and a narrow 

 space leading to the nostrils naked, and of a light huffy yellow ; biU 

 black ; feet flesh-colour ; iris very dark brown in some, red in 

 others" {Gould). Total length 9*5 inches, culmen 1, wing 5-95, 

 tail 4' 4, tarsus 1. 



Adult female. Differs from the male exactly as does the female 

 of ;S'. salvadorii or S.Jlavigaster, 



Hah, Australia. 



a, h. (S ad. st. Australia. Purchased. 



2. Sphecotheres salvadorii. (Plate XII.) 



Adult male. General colour above dull oHve-yellow, the wing- 

 coverts olive-yellow like the back, the outer greater coverts and the 

 primary-coverts grey washed with olive-yellow ; quills blackish, the 

 primaries externally grey, the secondaries olive-yellow on the outer 

 web like the back ; four centre tail-feathers black, the next one 

 tipped with white, the last three on each side very broadly tipped 

 with white, increasing greatly in extent on the outermost ; crown 

 of head glossy black ; the hinder neck grey, with which colour the 

 mantle is also slightly washed ; sides of the face grey, the ear-coverts 

 blackish ; throat and chest, as well as the sides of the neck, grey ; 

 rest of under surface olive-greenish, the feathers of the lower breast 

 washed with grey ; centre of the abdomen bright yellow ; vent and 



