346 Mr. F. W. Styau on the Birds of 



Fam. Oriolid.e. 



80. Oriolus diffusus, Sharpe. 



(203.) Oriolus chinensis, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 374. 



The Golden Orioles arrive with wonderful regularity about 

 the 24th April, and their handsome plumage and beautiful 

 flute-like notes add a great charm to our gardens. They 

 usually nest in the thin fork of a willow or poplar 25 or 30 

 feet from the ground, but I have seen a nest on the slender 

 point of an ash in a very exposed position, only some 15 feet 

 in height. Though they build in trees close alongside houses, 

 they are shy birds and dislike observation. 



The autumn migration takes place between the end of 

 September and middle of October. 



Fam. DicRURiD^. 



81. BucHANGA ATRA (Hermann). 



(166.) Dicrurus cathcecus, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 377. 



Appears in flocks in April, and remains to breed, leaving 

 again in October. Confined, 1 believe, to the plains and 

 low foot hills. 



82. BucHANGA LEUCOGENYS, Waldcn. 



(167.) Arrives in much smaller numbers in May. I 

 believe this is a hill species, though I have seen it in our 

 gardens occasionally. 



83. Chibia hottentotta (L.). 



(170.) Chibia brevirostris , Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 378. 



A hill species, which arrives in considerable numbers 

 during the last week of April. Two nests found on 10th 

 June each contained one young bird and two eggs (one 

 addled). Another nest, barely finished on 14th June, con- 

 tained on 6th July four eggs, two nearly ready to hatch, the 

 other two addled. All three nests were placed in the thin 

 fork of a horizontal branch of a Liquidambar, from 15 to 20 

 feet above the ground, suspended below the branch, formed 

 of black fibres woven together in a beautiful network. The 

 eggs are oval in shape, very pale grey ground, sparsely 

 speckled with small lilac spots ; in one clutch the ground- 



