10 ORIOLUS CHLOROCEPHALUS 



Africa, and according to Btulihnannis, in common with the 

 other Orioles, known to the natives of Usegua as the 

 "Kubuiru." 



In its more northern range it has been procured on 

 Kihmanjaro (Johnston), in Taveita (Hunter), on Manda 

 Island, and at Witu (Jackson), at Melinda and Lamu (Kirk), 

 and at the Tana River (Fischer). 



Oriolus chlorocephahis. 



Oriolus chlorocephahis, Shelley, Ibis, 1896, p. 183, pi. i Mount Cliirad- 

 zulu; Reichen. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 662 (1903). 



Type. Entire head and throat uniform bright sage green ; a broad collar, 

 breast and under tail-coverts rich golden yellow ; remainder of upper parts 

 mostly olive green, a shade darker than the head ; on the wings the green 

 shades into blue grey on the outer webs of the greater and primary coverts 

 and the quills, and, with the exception of the inner secondaries, the 

 remainder of the quills are greyisli black, with imperfect ashy inner margins ; 

 five outer pairs of tail-feathers with yellow ends rapidly increasing in breadth 

 towards the outer feathers, remainder of these feathers have the shafts and 

 portion of the inner webs black ; under wing-coverts bright yellow, a few of 

 the larger ones mottled with olive, and the outer greater series white with 

 some dusky marks. Iris red ; bill pale reddish brown ; feet grey. Total 

 length 10 inches, culmen I'l, wing 5-3, tail 1-3, tarsus 1-0. ? , Mount 

 Chiradzulu (A. Whyte). 



The Qreen-headed Oriole inhabits Eastern Africa between 

 5° and 15° S. lat. 



The type was discovered bj' Mr. Alexander Whyte in July, 

 1895, when he visited Mount Chiradzulu, which is situated in 

 the Shire highlands between Blantyre and Zomba. The late 

 Captain Sclater described Chiradzulu as " a striking moun- 

 tain, rising to a level ridge about two miles long, which runs 

 north and south to an elevation of nearly 5,000 feet. The 

 upper slopes are well forested and watered by numerous 

 small streams." 



