of the Ethiopian Region. 227 



Head glossy black, likewise the throat, extending a little way 

 on to the breast ; upper surface of the body deep olive-yellow, 

 brighter yellow on the nape, sides of the neck, and rump ; wing- 

 coverts of the same colour as the back, inner cubital coverts 

 edged with olive-yellow, the two or three outer ones edged with 

 grey ; primary coverts black, tipped with white, forming a dis- 

 tinct white alar speculum ; quills brownish-black, quite white on 

 the inner web, the inner secondaries bright olive-yellow on the 

 outer web, the outer ones grey, with a narrow outer edging of white, 

 primaries edged with white on the outer web ; the four middle 

 tail-feathers olive-yellow, the outer ones olive-yellow at the base, 

 bright golden-yellow at the tip preceded by a bar of black ; 

 entire under surface rich golden-yellow ; bill brownish-red ; feet 

 black. 



Female or young. The two middle rectrices olive-yellow, the 

 two next with a black bar before the yellow tip. 



Sierra Leone (Swainson), Fantee {Mus. R. B. S.), Gaboon 



{Ve7Teaua^), 



Oriolus baruffii, Bonap. Consp. Av. i. p. 347 (1850) : Hartl. 

 J. f. 0. 1854, p. 24 : Schl. Mus. P.-B. Coraces, p. 109 (1867) : 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. 383. (Plate VIII. fig. 2.) 



Oi'iolus intermedius, Temm. MS. in Mus. Lugd. [teste Hart- 

 laub) : Hartl. Beitr. Orn. Westafr. p. 24 (1852, descr. nulla) ; 

 Orn. Westafr. p. 81 (1857) [descr. orig.) ; J. f. 0. 1861, p. 163 : 

 Cass. Proc. Phil. Acad. 1859, p. 43. 



Baruffius intermedius, Bonap. Coll. Delatttre p. 74 [fide Hart- 

 laub) . 



Head deep black, likewise the throat, extending a little way on 

 to the breast ; upper surface of the body olive-yellow, brighter 

 on the nape, sides of the neck, and rump ; wing-coverts of the 

 same colour as the back; inner cubital coverts edged with olive- 

 yellow, the outer ones edged with grey; the primary coverts 

 black tipped with white, forming a distinct alar speculum ; quills 

 black, white underneath on the inner web ; inner secondaries 

 olive-yellow on the outer web, the outer ones edged with light 

 grey, the primaries edged with white; the two middle tail- 



