OBIOLIDJE. 125 



Oriolus Atiderssoni, Bocage in Jorn. Acad. Lisb. 1869, p. 342. 

 Oriolus notatus, Sharpe in Ibis, 1870, pi. 7. fig. 2. 



„ „ Finsch & Hartlaub's Vogel Ost-Afrilva's, p. 291. 



„ ,, Sharpe's Cat. No. 508. 



I have only obtained the adult of this splendid Oriole 

 in Damara Land on a few occasions, and that always 

 during the rainy season ; the young, however, are fre- 

 quently met with ; and at the Okavango River the species 

 is more common than in Damara Land proper. The 

 young birds are easily obtained ; but the old are exces- 

 sively shy and difficult to procure, as they always perch 

 on the most elevated and conspicuous trees and retire 

 into the densest parts of tangled brakes and thickets on 

 the least approach of danger. 



The food of this Oriole consists of seeds, berries, and 

 insects. The irides are brown in the young birds and 

 bright red in the adult, the bill is reddish brown, the 

 legs are lead-coloured. 



DICRURID^. 



161. Dicniras musicus, Vieill. Musical Droiigo, 

 Le Drongear, Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pi. 1G7. 

 Dicrurtis divaricatus, Strickland & Sclater, Birds Daniar., Contr. 



Orn. 1852, No. 14. 

 Dicrurus musicus, Layard's Cat. No. 301. 

 „ „ Sharpe's Cat. No. 446. 



This bird is common in almost all parts of Great 

 Namaqua and Damara Land, and I also found it plenti- 

 ful in Ondonga ; but it is partially migratory. It is an 

 exceedingly fierce bird, and will fearlessly attack any 

 other, the most powerful Falcon not excepted, on which 



