226 ORIOLlDJi, 



leading- to the nostrils naked and of a light buffy yellow or flesh- 

 colour; bill black ; feet flesh-colour" (Gould). Total length 10-2 

 inches, culraen 1-05, wing 5'65, tail 4'4, tarsus 0-95. 



Adult female. General colour above bro'svn, the wing-coverts and 

 quills narrowly edged with greyish white ; tail brown, all the fea- 

 thers washed externally with olive-green ; head light brown, the 

 ear-coverts uniform, the crown, nape, and cheeks distinctlj- streaked 

 with darker brown ; under surface of body white, all the feathers 

 with a distinct mesial streak of brown, decreasing in size on the 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts ; throat and fore neck shaded with 

 brown, the feathers all centred with darker brown ; under wing- 

 coverts light brown, with dark brown shaft-streaks ; lower surface of 

 the quills brown, inclining to ashy brown towards the base of the 

 inner web. Total length lO-o inches, culmen 1, wing 6, tail 4-5, 

 tarsus 1. 



Hah. N.E. Australia, Ke Islands. 



a, b. cj 2 ad. st. Cape York. Capt. Stanley [P.]. 



c. cj ad. sk. Cape York, Oct. 7, 1840. Capt. Stanley [P.l. 



d. (S ad. sk. Cape Y^ork. ]\Ii-. Cockerell [Cj. 

 e,f. (i ad. sk. Port Albany. Purchased. 



</." S ad. sk. Albany Island. J. R. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 



h. Skull. ' Capt. Stanley [P.]. 



4. Sphecotheres viridis. 



Sphecothera viridis, Vmll. A. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xsxii. p. 5. 

 Sphecothera vu'escens, Viedl. et Oud. Gal. des Ois. i. p. 238, 



pi. cxlvii. 

 Graucalus viridis, Quay et Gaim. Voy. de VUranie, Zool. p. 103, 



pi. 21. 

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



p. 212 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 345 ; Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 485 ; Fimch, 



Neu-Guinea, p. 173 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 291. 

 Oriolus timoriensis, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Coraces, p. 116. 



Adidt male. General colour yellowish olive above, the feathers of 

 the upper surface rather more dusky in their centres, those of the 

 mantle and upper back mesially streaked with black ; wings black, 

 all the feathers with grej-ish black bases and broadly margined with 

 yellowish olive, especially on the secondaries, the primaries narrowly 

 edged with yellow near the base, and with greyish white towards 

 the tip ; tail-feathers ashy brown, washed externally with yellow, 

 almost imperceptibly on the two outermost ones ; the three outer 

 feathers with a whitish spot at the tips, the others pale brown at 

 the extremities ; head and nape black, as also the cheeks and ear- 

 coverts ; chin black; throat olive -greenish ; rest of under surface 

 olive-yeUow, the abdomen yellowish white in the centre ; under tail- 

 coverts white, obscurely tipped with yellow ; thighs greenish, with 

 grey bases to the feathers ; under surface of the wing light grey, 

 with narrow olive-yeUow edgings ; the quills dark greyish black, 

 with a very pale greyish shade on the inner web ; bill and legs greyish 

 black in skin. Total length 9 inches, culmen 0-9, wing 4-85, taU 4, 

 tarsus 0-9. 



