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Genus CREADION, Vieiil. 
Creadion carunculatus (Gimel.). 
(Plate XIX. fig. 5.) 
Creadion carunculatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 144 (1877) ; 
Reischehk, Trans. § Proc. N. Zeal. Inst. xix. p. 188 (1887); Budler, 
Birds N. Zeal, 2nd ed. i. p. 18 (1888) ; 2d., Suppl. ii. p. 161 (1905) ; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 544 (1909). 
An egg of the *‘ Saddle-Back ” is of a rather long and somewhat 
pointed oval shape, almost without gloss. The ground-colour is 
pale greyish-pink, with spots and blotches of umber-brown, dark 
hlac-grey and pale Javender-grey, the markings being mostly con- 
centrated round the larger end where they partially blend and 
form an irregular cap. It measures 1°25 by °85. 
The white egg marked and spotted with purplish-brown and 
measuring 1-4 by 1-0 referred to this species by Buller (vide supra) 
has no doubt been wrongly identified. He also describes a second 
egg which agrees in every respect with the specimen in the British 
Museum. 
1. New Zealand. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
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Family ORIOLIDZ. 
Genus ORIOLUS, Linn. 
Oriolus galbula, Linn. 
Oriolus galbula, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Vog. tab. xxvii. fis. 11, a-e 
(1845-54) ; Laedeker, Ever ur, Vog. tab. 60. tig. 10 (1855-63) ; 
Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 94, pl. xxvi. fig. i (1856) ; 
Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 221; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 191 
(1877); Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 589, pl. 11 (1883) ; 2., Lyys of 
Brit. Birds, p. 232, pl. 54. tig. 20 (1896); Whitaker, Birds Tunis. 
1. p. 164 (1905); Dresser, Eggs Birds Europe, pts. vii. & viii. 
p- 281, pl. v. tig. 5 (1907); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 546 (1909); 
Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammil. p. 352 (1910). 
Oriolus oriolus, Rey, Lier Vog. Mitteleurop. i. p. 345, pl. 48. figs. 1-4 
(1900) ; Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, i. p, 41, pl. viii. figs. 1-4 (1906). 
Oriolus oriolus orlolus, Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. i. p. 51 (1908). 
The eggs of the Golden Oriole are of an oval shape, some being 
lengthened and pointed, others short and blunt, and they are highly 
glossy. The ground is white, occasionally tinged with pink, and 
sparingly marked with specks and spots of deep purplish-brown or 
