MIMETA. 433 
Mimeta sagittata (Zath.). 
(Plate XIX. figs. 11 & 12.) 
Oriolus viridis, Ramsay, Ibis, 1863, p. 179; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 
lil. p. 212 (1877); Nehrk. Kat. Eversammil. p. 19 (1899) ; Campbell, 
Nests §& Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 81, pl. 6 (1901). 
Mimeta viridis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 462 (1865); North, 
Nests § Eggs Birds Austr. p. 183 (1889). 
Oriolus sagittatus, North, Nests § Eggs Birds Austr. i. p. 75 (1902). 
Mimeta sagittata, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 555 (1909) [part.}; Nekrk. Kat. 
Eersammil. p. 353 (1910). 
The eggs of the New South Wales Oriole are of precisely the 
same type as the single egg of J. flavocincta described above, but 
are rather larger. In one specimen, however, the dark umber- 
brown markings are entirely absent, and the shell is thickly 
covered with spots, blotches, and clouds of yellowish-brown and 
inky-purple. In all the examples the markings are very numerous 
and prominent at the broad end, where they form an irregular zone 
or cap. They measure from 1°28 to 1°35 in length, and from -91 
to ‘95 in breadth. 
2. Australia. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
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3. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 
2. Dobroyd, N. 8. Wales. Gould Coll. 
1. Victoria (J. Gould: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
2. Victoria, 2nd Sept. (4. J. North). Crowley Bequest. 
2. Victoria. Govt. of Victoria [P.]. 
1. Gippsland, Victoria. F. A. Philbrick, Esq. [P.]. 
Mimeta affinis, Gould. 
(Plate XIX. figs. 13 & 14.) 
Mimeta affinis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p- 465 (1865); North, 
Nests § Eggs Birds Austr. p. 184, pl. xi. fig. 12 (1889). 
Oriolus afhinis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 188 (footnote, 1877); 
Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. NS.W. vi. p.576 (1881) ; Le Souéf, Vict. 
Nat. xvi. p. 62 (1899); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 19 (1899) ; 
Campbell, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 79 (1901) ; North, Nests 
§ Eggs Birds Austr. i. p. 78 (1902). 
Mimeta sagittata, Sharpe, Hand-l, v. p. 555 (1909) [ part. ]. 
The eggs of the North Australian Oriole vary much in size and 
shape, some being of a broad oval, others much more elongate ; 
they are fairly glossy. The ground varies from white to pale 
creamy-white, marked all over, but not very thickly, with 
well-defined spots and specks of dark umber-brown and underlying 
dull lavender. Vhey vary in length from 1-23 to 1-42, aud iu 
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