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151. Oriolus diffUSUS, Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iii. p. 197 ; Legge, 

 B. Ceylon, p. 355. Oriolus indicus, Jerd. III. Ind Orn. pi. 15 ; id. B. Iml. ii 

 p. 109, No- 471 ; Salvad Ucc. Born., p. 275 ; Hume, Str. F. vii. p. 132 ; Bl. 

 and Walden, B. Burnt, p. 139; Hume and Dav. Str. F. vi. p. 329; Hume, 

 Str. F. viii. p. 99; Gates, B. Br. Burnt, i. p. 211. Oriolus cochinchinensis, 

 Apud David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 132. The BLACK-NAPED ORIOLE. 



Above and below bright yellow ; lores, and a band through and above the 

 eye continued to the nape, on each side black. Primaries and secondaries 

 black, tipped and edged narrowly with yellowish white, the latter more 

 broadly ; outer webs of tertiaries and a portion of the inner webs next the shaft 

 yellow ; primary coverts black, tipped broadly with yellow ; inner webs of 

 greater coverts black, also the winglet ; tail black, tipped with yellow ; the 

 central pair narrowly and the others progressively broader towards the outer 

 feathers. 



The young have the feathers of a greenish tinge, and dark-shafted on the 

 breast and abdomen, the band on the nape indistinct ; tail greenish with 

 yellowish tips ; irides and eyelids pinkish ; legs and feet plumbeous ; bill pink- 

 ish red. 



Length. 9*6 to JO inches ; wing 5-85 to 6; tail 3-85 to 4; tarsus I to 

 ro5 ; culmen 1-25 to 1*4. 



Hab. The Indian Peninsula to Tennaserim, China, and Mongolia. Oates 

 says it appears to be a winter visitant to British Burmah. Blyth records it 

 from Arrakan. It is said to be common about Pegu, Rangoon, and in the Irra- 

 wady delta. Davison met with it in Tennaserim from Thatone to Male- 

 woon during winter. Jerdon procured it from the Malabar jungles, and men- 

 tions it as having been procured at Dharwar, and to be found near Calcutta. 



The black-naped Oriole affects forests, large groves and gardens. It feeds 

 on fruit and insects, and is strictly arboreal in its habits. 



152. Oriolus tenuirostris, Biy. J. A. S. B. xv. p. 4 8; Hume, 



Str. F. iii. p. 131; Bl. B. Burm. p. 140; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iii. 

 p. 198 ; Hume and Dav. Str. F. vi. p. 329 ; Plume, Str. F. viii. p: 99 ; Scully, 

 Str. F. vii. p. 298; Oates, B. Br. Burm. i. p. 212. The BURMESE BLACK- 

 NAPED ORIOLE. 



Similar to O. diffusus, but differs in having a more slender and slightly 

 smaller bill, the alar speculum larger, the tail feathers more broadly yellow 

 terminally, and the nape band narrower in width, -4 against 7 in O. diffusus. 

 Bill pale pink, black in the young ; inside of mouth fleshy ; legs plumbeous ; 

 irides crimson. 



Length. 9-5 to 10 inches; wing 5*35 to 5*9; tail 3-5 to 37; tarsus I ; 

 culmen 1-3 to 1*35. 

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