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22. Oriolus chlorocepiialus, sp. n. (Plate IV.) 

 Entire head and throat uniform bright sage-green; a 



broad collar, an inch wide, and the under surface of the 

 body rich golden yellow ; remainder of the upper parts 

 mostly olive-green, a shade darker than the head ; on the 

 wings the green shades into blue-grey on tlie outer webs of 

 the greater and primary coverts and the quills_, and, with tlie 

 exception of the innermost ones, the remainder of the quills 

 greyish black, with very partially defined ashy inner margins. 

 Tail : the four outer pairs of feathers with bright yellow 

 ends, increasing regularly in breadth from 0*3 to 2 inches at 

 the shaft of the outer feather; remainder of the feathers 

 olive-green, with the quills and portion of the inner webs 

 black, which latter colour is scarcely more pronounced on 

 the upper surface. Under wing-coverts bright yellow, with 

 a few of the larger ones mottled with olive, and the outer 

 greater series white, with some dusky marks near the 

 primary coverts. Bill pale reddish brown ; legs apparently 

 slaty grey. Total length 10 inches, culmen I'l, wing 5*3, 

 tail 4*3, tarsus 1. 



This very remarkable Oriole, of which a single specimen 

 marked ? , apparently in full plumage, is in Mr. Whyte's 

 collection, is distinguished from every other member of the 

 genus by the following characters : — the green head, the 

 sharply defined yellow collar round the back and sides of 

 the neck, tlie olive back, and the mostly greyish-blue edges 

 of the wing-feathers. It agrees Avith typical Orioles in form, 

 size, and the reddish-brown colour of the bill, and its nearest 

 ally I consider to be O. nigripennis of the Gold Coast. 



In Africa the genus Oriolus is now represented by nine 

 species, of which eight are confined to the Ethiopian Region, 

 O. galbula being the only migrant. 



23. Lamprocolius sycobius. 



Lamprucolius sycobius (Liclit.); Shelley, Ibis, 1893, p. 22; 

 1891, p. 19. 



One specimen from Chiradzulu has many of the feathers 

 brown, while two from Zomba, collected in June, are in the 

 full metallic plumage which adult birds of this gemis are 

 supposed never to lose. 



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