110 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



the Bay of Bengal, Arrakan, Pegu, and Tenasserim, extending to 

 Malacca, and it is more confined to the forest regions than the 

 other Indian Orioles. 



Besides the two allied species mentioned above, a fourth has 

 been found in the Burmese countries, and named 0- tejiuhvstris, 

 by Blyth ; and another exists in Java, 0. hippocrepis, Wagler, 

 probably coronatus of Swainson. Bonaparte also gives O. Hors- 

 Jieldii from Java {galbula of Horsfield) ; and 0. Broderipi, from 

 Surabava, figured in the 111. P. Z. S. for 1850. 



3rd, Black -headed Orioles (Oriulus of Bonaparte for the Indian 

 species, and BarnJJins, Bon., for the African ones). 



There are two races of Black-headed Orioles in India ; and, as 

 they are well marked apart, and, constantly, as it would appear, I 

 shall follow Prince Bonaparte in separating them. 



472. Oriolus melanocephalus, Linn^us. 



Blttii, Cat. 1297 (in part)— Horsf., Cat. 411 (in part) — O. 

 maderaspatanus, Franklin (the young) — 0. McCoshii, Tickkll, 

 (the young) — Pil'th, and Zurdak, H — Pirola, at Goruckpore. 



The Bengal Black-headed Oriole. 



Descr. — Whole head, neck and breast in front, deep black ; 

 rest of the plumage rich dark yellow above, slightly paler beneath, 

 on the lower abdomen and under tail-coverts ; wings black, with a 

 small yellow band formed by the primary coverts ; tertiaries 

 with the tips and outer webs pale yellow ; the secondaries also 

 broadly tipped with yellow, gradually diminishing in extent to 

 the last primaries, some of which are tipped and edged with 

 yellow ; tail pale yellow, the two central feathers with a broad 

 black band about half inch, tipped with yellow, the next pair with 

 barely one inch of black, and the j'ellow tip nearly -^ inch ; the 

 next pair with a narrow and sometimes interrupted black band about 

 the terminal third, and the three outer pair on each side nearly 

 wholly yellow ; the outer pair with an occasional smear of black on 

 the outer margin ; all the tail feathers with black shafts diminishing 

 in intensity towards the outermost feathers. 



Bill pale lake-red ; legs plumbeous ; irides rich red. Length 

 9^ inches ; extent IG ; wing 5| ; tail 3^ ; bill at front 1 ; tarsus J. 



