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birds are seen.” He found it, like Mr. Barratt, very shy and difficult 
of approach. Senor Anchieta has not yet met with it in Angola. 
Adult male.—Above rich golden yellow ; wing-coverts black, the 
cubital coverts with a narrow tip of yellow; primary coverts black, 
broadly edged with yellow, forming a conspicuous spot; quills black, 
lighter underneath, the secondaries edged towards the tip with yellow- 
ish white ; tail black, the middle feathers entirely of this colour, with a 
spot of yellow at the tip,all the other feathers black at the base, 
yellow towards the tip, the outer feathers having more yellow than 
black ; a spot between the base of the bill and the eye black ; entire 
under surface golden yellow ; bill dullreddish; feet leaden grey ; iris 
blood-red. Total length, 9 inches ; of bill from front 0°1, from gape 
2:2; wing,59; tail, 3°1; tarsus, 0°8; middle toe, 0°7; hind toe, 0-4. 
Young.—Golden yellow above, tinged with olive green ; quills and 
wing-coverts brownish black, tinged with olive green; tail-feathers 
marked as in the adult, but the feathers olive green, blackish 
towards the tip; throat and breast grey, with black stripes; flanks 
bright yellow, with fainter stripes ; loral spot indistinct, dusky ; bill 
brownish red; feet black. Total length, 9 inches; of bill from 
front 1, from gape 1:2; wing, 5:2; tail, 3:3; tarsus, 0°8; middle 
toe, 0°7; hind toe, 0:4. 
Tig. Dresser, B. Europe, part 43. 
892. OrtoLtus noratus, Peters. Andersson’s Oriole. 
It is just possible that Le Vaillant may have intended the present 
species when he spoke of his “ Loriodor ” being found in the forests 
of Kaffirland, but the bird figured by him is the West African 
Oriolus auratus, which never comesso far south, nor does the present 
bird, as far as we know, ever visit the countries he mentions, and 
therefore we must look upon the “ Loriodor” to be of doubtful 
authenticity as a South African bird. 
Andersson’s Oriole has been found on the east coast from Mombas 
to the Zambesi region, where it was discovered by Dr. Peters at 
Tete, and here Dr. Kirk also met with it. On the western side it 
has occurred to Senor Anchieta in Benguela at several places, and 
he also found it at Humbe on the Cunene River. Mr. Andersson 
obtained a specimen in Ovampo Land, and he gives the following 
note :— I only obtained the adult of this species in Damara Land on 
afew occasions, and that always during the rainy season; the young, 
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