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Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the Oriolidse 



nearly to the base) ; (3) the wing-coverts are dark greenish -grey, 

 those on the carpal joint black with dark grey margins. I do 

 not consider the whitish colour of the underparts to be a cha- 

 racter, as these parts have evidently been yellow when the bird 

 was alive, and this colour is lost from the specimen having been 

 sent home in spirits. The tips of the tail-feathers and the under 

 tail-coverts are still yellow, although less brilliant. Dr. Hart- 

 laub^s description is correct ; but I would add that the whole 

 head, including the nape and the entire throat extending to the 

 upper part of the breast, are black, exactly the same as in O. 

 larvatus, the hinder part of the neck and the upper part of the 

 mantle are yellowish-white,, the remainder of the upper parts 

 greyish olivaceous-green, the upper tail-coverts more distinct 

 olive-green, like the innermost remiges of the second order, the 

 primary coverts have a broad white apex (as in 0. larvatus; 

 inaculd alari 'parvd alba, Hartl.). From 0. monacha, Gm. ( = 

 O. moloxita, Riipp.), it is also distinguished at a glance by the 

 different colouring of the tail and by the larger and broader bill. 



Oriolns crassirosfn'.s. 



Oriolus larvatus. 



* " French men sure. 



