224 Mr. R. B. Sharpc on the Oriolidfe 



Hab. in Africa meridioiiali et in Abyssinia (nee in Africa 

 oceidentali). 



Adult male. Whole of the head deep glossy black extending 

 down to the breast ; nape and sides of the neck rich golden- 

 yellow ; whole of the back and scapulars bright yellow, with a 

 slight olive tinge on the latter, and brighter yellow on the 

 rump ; wing-coverts black, but so broadly edged with yellow that 

 the black does not show ; the outermost cubital coverts edged 

 with grey ; the primary coverts black tipped with white, forming 

 a distinct speculum; quills black, the inner web paler, espe- 

 cially in the secondaries; the secondaries broadly edged with 

 yellow on the outer web, those nearest the primaries having also 

 a margin of white, which in the primaries themselves entirely 

 takes the place of the yellow, so that these are edged and tipped 

 with pure white ; tail-feathers for the most part yellow, black at 

 the base ; as they approach the middle feathers the black colour 

 occupies the most part of the feather, being, however, strongly 

 tinged with olive on those nearest the middle feathers, which 

 are entirely olive- green ; under surface of the body brilliant 

 golden-yellow ; bill brownish-red ; feet black. Total length 9 

 inches; bill from front I'l, from gape 1"4; wing 5"4; tail 3'2; 

 tarsus "9 ; middle toe "8 ; hind toe '4. 



Young male. Similar to the old male, but the colours not 

 nearly so pure, with indistinct brown stripes on the feathers of 

 the upper part of the body ; head dusky brown ; quills brown, 

 edged exteriorly with lighter brown ; breast with black longi- 

 tudinal markings ; tail darker olive-green. 



Knysna [Andersson) ,^2ii2X {Ayres), Angola (ilfontoVo), North- 

 east Africa [Heuglin). 



Dr. Hartlaub gives Senegambia as a habitat for this bird on 

 Swainson's authority, and later authors have also assigned this 

 locality for the bird on the same authority ; but a careful perusal 

 of the text shows that Swainson only gives a description of it 

 for the sake of comparison with his 0. brachyrkynchus (B. 

 W.Afr. I.e.). 



The Oriolus radiatus of Gmelin is very often referred to the 



