431 



2. Fupa Island, Babuyan Group, J. Whitehead, Esq. [0.]. 



North Luzon, 5th April. 



3. Cape Engano, N.E. Luzon, 15th J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



May *. 



Oriolus melanocephalus (Liinu). 



Oriohis nielanofephalus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 215 (1877) ; 

 Legije, Binh Ceijlon, p. 357 (1870) ; Oates. Fmina Brit. Inil., Birds, 

 i. p.' 50(5 (1889) ; Oates, ed. Hume, Nests ^-Ut/f/s Lid. Birds, i. p. 359 

 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 550 (190Uj ; Nehrk. Knt. Eiersamml. 

 p. 353 (1010). 



The eggs of the Black-headed Oriole resemble those of 0. hundoo, 

 but the ground appears to be invariably tinged with pink, and the 

 spots are paler and more numerous, with a greater tendency to be 

 grouped at the broad end of the egg. They measure from 1*03 to 

 1-lU in length, and from '7^ to -83 in breadth. 



]. Ihmidaya. (Xekrkor7t Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Sikliiui Terai, 4th May. Hume Coll. 



1. Sikhiu: Terai, 6th May. Hume Coll. 



2. Allahabad, 5th .July. Hume Coll. 

 1-laipur, C. Provinces, 23rd July Hume Coll. 



{F. li. Blewitt). 



Raipur. July {F. B. B.). Hume Coll. 



Raipur {F. B. B.). Hume Coll. 



Calcutta, 22nd June {Dr. (^-oiv- Crowley Bequest. 



foot). 



Thouugvin River, Tenasserim, Hume Coll. 



13th April (C. T. Bim/ham). 



Tenasserim, 24tli April. Hume Coll. 



Pegu, 30th March ( E. W. Oates). Oates Coll. 



Pegu, 1st April {E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



Oriolus larvatus, Licht. 



(Plate XIX. figs. 8-10.) 



Oriolus larvatus, Gurney, Ibis, I860, p. 209: Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 iii. p. 217 (1877) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 413 

 (1875-84); Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 51 (1900); Beich. 

 Viiff. Afr. ii. p. 658 (1903) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 551 (1909) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 353 (1910). 



Eggs of the South African Black -headed Oriole are of a rather 

 narrow oval form and slightly glossy. They are dull white, 

 spotted and blotched, chiefly at the broad end, with yellowish- 

 brown and dull lavender. There are also a few spots of dark 



* Tlie date marked on these is the loth May, not 15th April as recorded by 

 Messrs. Ogilvie-Gniiit & Whitehead {I. c). 



