432 OKIOLIDj;, 



hrowii intcrminjilffl with tlie otliers. They vary in length from 

 1-06 to 1-28, and in breadth from -73 to -84. 



1. South Africa. T. Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Mr. Grabanistown, Cape Colony, V<. Vj. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 



I9th Nov. {L. Pahner). 

 ;j. I'eacliev's Farm, Nov. (7'. P.. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 



Penc//e;/). 

 2 (1 abnormal). Rlaanw Krantz, 28lh V>. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 



Nov. [B.E.J.). 



Oriolus trailli, Vu/or.t. 



Oriolus trailli, Skarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 222 (1877) ; Nehrl-. Kat. 

 Ekrsamml. p. 19 (1899) ; Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. ■'jU8 

 (1889) ; Gates, ed. Hume, Nests^ Ec/gs Ind. Birds, i. p. 362 (1889) ; 

 Shnrpe, Hond-I. v. p. 5r33 (1909) ; 'Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamvd. p. 353 

 (1910). 



The eggs of the Maroon Oriole aie qnite inseparable from those 

 of 0. nu'hmocephalus. The gronnd-colour is pinkish-white, and 

 tlie mai-lvings, which are deep purplish-broAvn and dull lavender, 

 are chiefly collected together about the broad end of the egg. One 

 example measures 1-11 by -S. The others are broken at the small 

 end and cannot be accurately measured. 



1. Nanitcbu, Native Rikliiin, 3rd Hume Coll. 



April [L. Mimde/ii"!. 

 •2. Sikbiu), 20th April (.7. A. Hume Coll. 



(i'(U)im-e). 



Genus MIMETA, Kinrf. 

 Mimeta flavocincta {King). 



Mimeta flavocincta, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 466 (1865) ; 

 Meyer, Zeitschr. qes. Grn. 1884, p. 292, taf. xvii. fig. 1 ; S/inrpe, 

 Ha'nd-l. V. p. .553 "(1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 353 (1910). 



Oriolus fiaviciuctus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 206 (1877) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamnd. p. 19 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests 8c Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 i. p. 80 (1901) ; North, Nests ^- Eggs Birds Austr. i. p. 79 (1902). 



An egg of the Crescent-marked Oriole is of a pointed oval form 

 and possesses a considerable amount of gloss. It is of a light 

 creamy buff-colour, spotted and blotched with dark umber-brown, 

 light yellowish-brown, and pale underlying lavender. The mark- 

 ings are more frequent as well as larger round the broad end of 

 the egg, where they form an irregular zone. It measures 1"25 

 by -SG. This specimen does not agree well with the egg figured by 

 Meyer. 



1. Somerset, N. Queensland, 7lh Dec. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.]. 



