Collection of Birds from Northern Bo7'neo. 377 



Oriolus xanthonotus^ Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 152, <S , 

 '•Java" (1820) ; Zool. Res. Java, pi. — . 



Oriolus leucogaster, Reinwardt ; Tenim. PI. Col. 214, 6)2, 

 "Java" (1823). 



Oriolus castanopterus, Blytli, J. A. S. B. p. 1842, 796, $, 

 " Singapore." 



An old male; precise locality not mentioned. Does not differ 

 from Malaccan and Banjarmassing individuals. 



Setornis criniger, Lesson. (Plate XII.) 



Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 167, " Sumatra ;" uec Brachypus criniger, 

 A. Hay, J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 377 (1845) ; nee Setornis (?) criniger, 

 A. Hay, Blytli, Cat. Cal. Mus. p. 212, no. 1283. 



" Sabu, J , iris chocolate." 



Above fuliginous brown, deepest on the head, and tinged with 

 olive on the back and sides of neck. Quills brown edged with 

 ferruginous. Inner edges of quills white seen from above, al- 

 bescent from below. Rectrices graduated, brown ; all but 

 the middle pair, with the terminal part of the inner web, pure 

 white above for about three quarters of an inch. Lores and 

 a streak passing above the eye, lower part of the cheeks, chin, 

 throat, and upper part of breast white faintly tinted with 

 pale iron-grey. A small space before the eye, and extending 

 behind the eye, dark brown or black. A pale grey space below 

 the eye. Lower breast pale straw-colour, some of the feathers 

 being tipped with pale ashy brown. Remainder of lower surface 

 and under tail-coverts pale straw-colour. Flanks pale fuliginous- 

 brown. Under shoulder-coverts mixed pale yellow and pale 

 brown. Bill horn-brown, shading to pale grey or bluish grey 

 at the tip of maxilla and throughout most of the mandible. 

 Feet very pale pink or flesh-colour. A bunch of fine black hairs 

 springs from the nape. The bill is long, much compressed to- 

 wards the tip : the maxilla has the culmen perfectly straight ; 

 at the tip it bends suddenly downwards, forming a formidable 

 hook and showing a distinct notch. The commissure is also 

 quite straight, and the maxilla rather overlaps the mandible. The 

 gonys is curved. The rictus is armed with powerful and long 

 bristles. The tarsus is short, and the toes are weak. The Krst 



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