462 BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 



and others are found in the islands immediately to the north- 

 ward of that country. 



Sp. 283. MIMETA VIRIDTS. 



New South Wales Oriole. 



Gracula viridis, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp. p. xxviii. 



Green Grakle, Lath. Gen. Syn. Supp., vol. ii. p. 129. 



Coracias sagittata, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp. p. xxvi. 



Striated Roller, Lath. Gen. Syn., Supp. vol. ii. p. 122. 



Streaked Roller, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iii. p. 84, young. 



Oriolus viridis, Vieill. 2nd edit, du Nouv. Diet. d^Hist. Nat., torn, xviii. 



p. 197. 



variegatus, Vieill. lb., torn, xviii. p. 196. 



Mimetes viridis, King, Survey of Intertropical Coast of Australia, 



vol. ii. p. 419. 

 Mimeta viridis, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 326. 

 merulo'ides, Vig. and Horsf. lb., vol. xv. p. 327, young. 



Oriolus viridis, Gould, Birds of Australia, foL, vol. iv. pi. 13. 



The true and probably the restricted habitat of this species 

 is New South Wales, where in the months of summer it is 

 tolerably plentiful in every part of the colony. I frequently 

 observed it in the Botanic Garden at Sydney, and in all the 

 gardens of the settlers where there were trees of sufficient size 

 to afford it shelter ; the brushes of the country, the sides of 

 brooks, and all similar situations are equally inhabited by it. 

 I did not find it in South Australia, neither has it been 

 observed to the westward of that part of the country. That 

 its range extends pretty far to the northward I have no 

 doubt, as its numbers rather increased than diminished in 

 the neighbourhood of the rivers Peel and Namoi. 



The following notes respecting this species, by Mr. E. P. 

 Ramsay, are extracted from the ' Ibis ' for 1863 : — 



" During the winter months these birds may be found in 

 flocks of from five to twenty in number, feeding upon various 

 cultivated and wild fruits, and often in company with the 



