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ORIOLIDj;. 



yellow, tinged with greeu, and still retaining faint in- 

 dications of darker streaks in the direction of the shafts of 

 the feathers. 



It seems that the male does not obtain its brilliant yellow 

 and black plumage until the third year, and according to 

 information received from the late Mr. Hoy, " some pairs 

 are observed breeding, in which you can scarcely distinguish 

 male from female ; others still further advanced, but the 

 plumage is not bright." This, it will be observed, is in 

 accordance with the descriptions here given as those of the 

 second and third summer. 



The Oriole so frequently received from India, Oriolus 

 kundoo, which is by some considered to be identical with the 

 bird under description, is, however, distinct, and may be 

 immediately recognized by having the dark mark behind 

 the eye, reaching to some distance above the ear coverts ; 

 the wing is also much shorter, not reaching near so far 

 towards the end of the tail, and the bill proportionally 

 longer. 



