— 270 — 

 Group C. 



ç. — Okiolus BRACHYRHYNCHUS BKA- \ , r , r , 



'' I central pair ol tail-teathers 



CHYRHYNCHUS t green; green on both the 



/ inner and outer webs of the 



\ inner secnndaries. 



6. — OrIOI.US BRACHYRHYNCHUS LAETIOR ) 



Group D. 



7. — OrIOLUS MONACHUS MONACHUS. . ) Distinguishing cha 

 ' ( forth fuUy bv 



i Grant. — Ibis, 1013, pp. 560 



8. — OrIOLUS MONACHUS PERMISTUS. . 562. 



araclers set 

 Ogilvie- 



The only other verv distinct Black-headed Oriole is Oriolus 

 crassirostris confined to tlie island of St. Thomas; il is not a 

 Golden Oriole at ail and need not therefore be considered hère. 



In the eight species raentioned above the foUowing occur in 

 West Africa. 



1 . — Oriolus nigripennis. 



Range and char acters. — Cf. foUowing species page 271). 



2. — Oriolus brachyrhynchus brachyrhynchus. 



Oriolus brachyrhynchus Swains, Bds. West Africa, II, 1837, 

 p. 35 : Sierra Leone. 



Range. — Sierra Leone, Libéria, Gold Coast, Togoland. 



Characters. — Cf. supra. 



3. — Oriolus brachyrhynchus laetior. 



Range and characters. — Cf. supra. 



I regret that in mv list of the birds of Sierra Leone (Ibis, 192 1, 

 p. 287) I included Oriolus larvatus rolleti on the anthority of 

 Col. Kelsall (Ibis, 1914, p. 197). The spécimen thus identified 



