22G Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the OriolidjE 



Long-. Al. Caiid. Culm, a fr. Tarsi. 



" O. larvatus, South Africa . . 5 'o 3 "3 11 12 



„ Natal 5 1 3 5 11^ 11 



O. rollctl Abyssinia 4 11 3 1 10 11 



„ Angola 4 9 3 IQi 9 



O. baniffii, West Africa ..43 27 9^ 9 



See also the measurements given by Schlegel." 



As I have ah-eady stated, I have never seen a single specimen 

 from the White Nile* ; but having some Angolan specimens nowr 

 before me, I am able to give a series of measurements showing 

 the difference in size between this and O. larvatus. 



Long. tot. Rostr. Al. Caud. Tarsi. 

 S ad. Eio Daude, Angola. Sala. 8 -Oo 5-1 2-9 -85 



I have endeavoured in the above table to compare, as much 

 as possible, individuals of apparently the same age ; and the result 

 confirms the conclusion of Dr. Finsch as regards Angolan and 

 South -African birds. 



7. OllIOLUS BRACHYRHYNCHUS. (Plate VIII. fig. 1.) 



Oriolushrachyrliynclms, Swains. B.W. Afr. ii. p. 35 (1837) : 

 Bonap. Consp. Av. i. p. 347 (1850) : Hartl. Beitr. Orn. West- 

 afr. p. 24 (1852) ; J. f. O. 1854, p. 24; Orn. Westafr. p. 81 

 (1857); J. f. 0. 1861, p. 162: W. von Miill. J. f. 0. 1855, 

 p. 392 : Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 57. 



0. inleo nigro : speculo alari alho : rectricihus externis ad basin 

 nigris, quatuor intermediis omnino olivaceis. 



Hab. in Africa occidental. 



* Since the above was written I have seen two examples in the Leyden 

 Museum ; and they certainly seemed to agree exactly with the small race 

 fi'om Angola — so far, that is, as 1 was able to judge without the actual 

 comparison of specimens. 



