490 CLASS XVT. 



t With hill arched. 



a) Tail very long, graduated. Cinnamolegus Lesson. 



Sp. Epimachus speciosus Geat, Upupa magna Gm. (and U. fusca ejusd. fern.), 

 SoNNEK. Voy. PI. loo, loi, Buff. PI. enl. 6^g, Less. Ois. de Par. PI. 

 39, 40, New Guinea. 



b) Tail somewhat short, even. Ptiloris Swains. 



Sp. Epimachus magnificus Cuv. R. Ani. PI. iv. fig. 2, Less. Ornith. PI. 74, 

 fig. I, Cent. Zool. PI. 4, 5, Guer. Icon., Ois. PI. 26, fig. 3, New Guinea; — 

 Epimachus regius Less., Ptiloris paradisceus Swains., Less. Ois. de 

 Parad. PI. 29, 30, Australia. 



ff With bill almost straight, suhincurved. Seleucides Less. 



Sp. Epimachus alhus, Paradisea alba Blumenb., Abbild. Naturh. Gegenst. 

 No. 96. Cdv. li. Ani., ed, ill., Ois. PI. 44, fig. 4, New Guinea. 



Astrapia ViElLL. Bill moderate, slender, subarcuate, emar- 

 ginate at the tip. Lower mandible shorter. Wings with fifth and 

 sixth quills subequal, longest of all. Tarsi elongate. Tail very 

 long, cuneate, with feathers broad. 



Sp. Astrapia gularisYlKih'h., Paradisea nigra Gmel., Vieill. Oalcr. PI. 107; 

 New Guinea. 



Oriolus L. (exclus. of many species), Temm., Cuv. Bill 



moderate, subincurved, with culmen keeled, emarginate towards 



the tip. Nostrils basal, lateral, surrounded by membrane. Tarsi 



short, strong. Wings with first quill short, third and fourth 



subequal, longest of all. Tail subeven, with outer coverts a little 



shorter. 



Sp. Oriolus galbula L., Buff, PL erd. 26, Lesson Ornith. PI. 38, fig. 2, 

 NauMxVNN, Taf. 61 ; the golden oriole, le loriot, der Pirol; the male bright 

 yellow, with Tilack wings and a black spot near the eyes ; the female and 

 the young bird greenish. This bird remains here (Holland) only a short 

 time (from May to August). It lays from three to five eggs in a nest 

 artistically built between branches of trees. Cherries are the favourite 

 food of this bird, which, however, lives principally on beetles and cater- 

 pillars. In some species {Oriolus melanocephalus L., BuFF. PI. enl. 79, 

 Oriolus brachyrhjnchus Swains. &c.) the whole head is black, the plumage, 

 in other respects, very similar. All the species are from the Eastern 

 hemisphere. 



Analcipus Swains., Artamia Geoffr., Fsaropholus Selby. Bill 

 scarcely arched. Wings with fourth and fifth quills subequal, 

 longest of all. 



Sp. Oriolus TraTjl a YiGORS; Himalaya; red-brown with black wings. 

 Note. — Some other sub-genera are here omitted. 



