428 



tlack, which are frequently rufous at the edges and with underlying 

 lavender. The markings are well-detined and usually of a roundish 

 form, but sometimes they are elongate and otherwise irregular. 

 They are more fre(juent at tlic broad end of the egg than elsewheri', 

 but they are seldom sufficiently numerous to form a cap or zone. 

 Home sjjecimens in the Collection are very feebly marked. The 

 eggs measure from 1-07 to l-^5 in length, and from -78 to ■[) in 

 breadth. 



5. Holland (J. Uaker). 



3. Holland (J. B.). 



4. Valkenswaard, Holland, June. 

 4. Valkenswaard, 25tli May. 



4. Valkenswaard, 27th May. 

 4. Valkenswaard, 'li^th May. 

 4. Valkenswaard, j!9th May. 

 '2. Valkenswaard. 

 10. Elbeuf, France (iVo?/;'(/ .■ Iluryitt 



Coll.). 

 .3. Seville, Spain, 18th May (//. 



Saunders) . 

 4. Sziget Csep, Hungary, 8th June 



(F. A. Cenva). 



4. Buj'sj;], Hungary, 2nd June {W. 



M. s.). 



5. Iszsak, Hungary, 28th May ( iV. 



li. S.). 



3. Iszsak, 28th May ( W. II. S.). 



4. Iszsak, 30th May ( Jf. li. >S.). 



Salvin-Godman Cioll. 

 Salvin-Godniau Coll. 

 Sah'in-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebobni Coll. 

 Heebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 iSeebohm Coll. 



Si-ebuhm Coll. 



W. Kadclift'e Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 \\ . Kadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 \\. liadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 \\ . lladclitie Saunders, Esq. 



^^ . liadcliHe Saunders, Esq. 



Oriolus kundoo, Sijkes. 



Oriolus kundoo, S/iarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 194 (1877); Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Iiid., Birds, i. p. 504 (1889) ; Gates, ed. Hume, Nests ^■ 

 Eyqs hid. Birds, i. p. 354 (1889) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1904, p. 48fl, pi. x. 

 figs. 16 & 18; S/iarpe, Hund-l. v. p. 547 (1909); Nehrk. Kut. 

 Fiersamml. p. 352 (1910). 



Oriolus oriolus kundoo, Hartert, V6(j. pal. Faun. i. p. 53 (1903). 



The eggs of the Indian Oriole are so similar to those of 0. galhula 

 that they rcqttire no separate description, but, on the whole, they 

 appear to be more sparingly spotted. They measure from 1-03 to 

 l-'6'2 in length, and from •75 to •87 in breadth. 



2. Jerripani, Mussoorie, Himalayas Huuie Coll. 



(T. Hut ton). 



2. Lahore, Punjab, 15th June. Hume Coll. 



1. Hansi, 1st Julv ( W. Bleuntt). Hume Coll. 



2. Hansi, 14th July ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 

 1. Sanibhur, 9th June. Hume Coll. 

 1. Sambhur, 26th June. Hume Coll. 

 1. Sambhur, 10th July. Hume Coll. 

 1. Sambhur, 14th Julv, Hume Coll. 



