ORIOLINA. 193 
THE Fairy BLuE-BIRD. 
Length, 10; wing, 5-25; tail, 4; tarsus, 0°5. 
Bill black ; irides ruby-red ; legs black. 
Male, the whole upper parts, with the lower tail-coverts, brilliant 
glistening cobalt-blue ; wings, tail, and lower plumage, deep 
velvet-black. 
The female is of a dull, slightly mottled, Antwerp-blue through- 
out. 
The Fairy Blue-bird occurs at Savantvadi, where it is probably 
a permanent resident, and it has also been procured in the forests 
southwest of Belgaum. 
It does not occur elsewhere within the region. 
SUB-FAMILY, Oriolinee. 
Bill Thrush-like, rather long, strong, moderately broad at the 
base, slightly curving, tolerably hooked, and the tip distinctly 
notched ; wings long, third or fourth quill longest ; tail rather 
short, nearly even; tarsus short ; feet small ; lateral toes unequal, 
and the outer one syndactyle ; claws well curved. 
Genus, Oriolus, Linneus. 
Bill long, slightly broad at the base, somewhat curved at the 
culmen, which 1s keeled, slightly hooked at tip, distinctly notched : 
nostrils basal and lateral, longitudinal, pierced in membrane, 
nearly apert ; wings lengthened, first quill very short, second a 
little shorter than the third which is longest ; tail sub-even, with 
long coverts ; tarsus short ; feet moderately strong ; anterior scales 
of tarsus divided ; claws moderate, well curved. 
Oriolus kundoo, Sykes. 
470.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 107; Butler, Guzerat ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. III, p. 474; Deccan, Stray Feathers, 
Vol. IX, p. 403 ; Murray’s Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 137; 
Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, p. 68. 
THE INDIAN ORIOLE. 
Length, 9'5 to10; expanse, 15 to16; wing, 5°5 to 5:7; tail, 
35 to 3°75; tarsus, 0° to 09; bill at front, 10; bill at 
gape, 1°25. 
Bill deep lake-red ; irides rich blood-red ; legs plumbeous. 
Male, bright-yellow; a black stripe from the base of the bill 
through the eyes for a short distance beyond ; wings black, with a 
yellow bar formed by the primary coverts and the tips and outer 
edges of the quills ; tail with the central feathers black; the next 
pair black with a broad yellow tip, and the others black at the 
base, and yellow for the greater part of their terminal length. 
The adult female differs from the male in a slightly greenish 
tint above. 
The young bird is yellowish-green above ; the rump, vent, the 
inner webs of the tail-feathers at their tips, and the sides of the 
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