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OriolUS kundOO, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 87; Gray, Gen. B. i. p 

 232; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xy. p. 49; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p.' 107, No. 470; 

 Hume, Lahore to Yarlcand, p. 167; Murray, Hbdk., Zool., Sj'c, Sind, 

 p. 143. — The Indian Oriole. 



Adult Male. — Bright golden yellow above and below; lores, feathers 

 round the eye and a streak through the eye black ; scapulars exter- 

 nally black ; the edge of the wing and a bar formed by the primary 

 coverts yellow ; the bases of the primary coverts black ; quills black ; 

 the primaries edged with yellow ; secondaries with yellow tips ; tail 

 with the central feathers black and narrowly yellow tipped, the next 

 pair black, with a broad yellow tip, the others black at the base and 

 yellow for the greater part of their terminal length ; under wing and 

 tail-coverts golden yellow ; bill deep lake red ; legs plumbeous ; irides 

 blood-red. 



Length. — 9 to 9'5 inches, wing 5*5, tail 3-5, tarsus 0'95. The female 

 is like the male, but with a slightl}^ greenish tint. 



Hab. — India generally to Nepaul, Cashmere and Eastern Turkistan. 

 Probably a resident in Sind, but nothing is known of its nidification 

 in the Province. Specimens have been obtained in April, June, Sep- 

 tember and December. The September birds were the young of the 

 year. Occurs also in the Deccan and North Guzei-at. 



Family, SYLVIADiE,— Warblers. 



Bill slender ; wing usually somewhat lengthened ; tail moderate or 

 short; tarsus long. — {Jerd.) 



Sub-Family, SAXICOLIN^,— Stone Chats and Warblers. 



Gen. Copsychus. — Wagler. 



Bill moderately long and strong, tip slightly bent ; rictal bristles 

 few ; nostrils basal, exposed ; 4th and 5th quills longest ; tail rather 

 long ; tarsus moderately long. 



Copsychus saularis, Linji. ; Edw. B. pi. IQ\; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. 

 p. 114, No. 475; Haiae, Sir. F. ii. 230; id. vi. 332; Murray, HdhJc., 

 Zool., Sj-G., Sind, p. 145. Kittacincla melanoleuca, Less. JRev. Zool. 

 1840, p. 354. Gryllivora intermedia, Swains, and Jerd. Cat. 101. — 

 The Magpie Robin. 



Head, neck all round, back, wings, chin, throat, breast, central tail 

 feathers and upper abdomen black, glossed blue ; four lateral tail 

 feathers on each side white ; lower abdomen, vent and under tail- 

 coverts, also the shoulder of the wing and some of the outer webs of 

 the secondaries white. The female is duller black ; the breast ashy; 

 bill black; legs black ; irides brown. 



Length. — 8 to 8-5 inches, wing 4, tail 3*25, bill at front 0*8. 



Hab. — India generally, from the Himalayas to Cape Comorin 

 and Ceylon, eastwards to Arrakan and Tenasserim. Occurs in the 

 Deccan rather abundantly, and sparingly in Sind, Punjab, N. W. 

 Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, Rajputana, Central India, Kutch, Kattiavvar, 

 Guzerat and Jodhpore. 

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