36 ORIOLID^E. LANIID^E. 



[Pycnonotus capensis. GOLD-VENTED THRUSH. 

 T urdus capensis, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 295 (1766). 



Turdus aurigaster, Yarr. ed. 3, i. p. 234. 

 Pycnonotus capensis, Newton, i. p. 247; Gould, i. intr. p.lxii; 

 Harting, p. 101 ; Dresser, iii. p. 361. 



Capensis = of or from the Cape (of Good Hope). 



One is said to have been shot near Waterford, in Ireland, 

 in January 1838. It is common in the Cape Colony, but not 

 known further north.] 



Family ORIOLID^E. 

 Genus OBJOLUS, Linnceus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 160 (1766). 



Oriolus, from aureolus = golden, of gold, 



aurum. 



Oriolus galbula. GOLDEN ORIOLE. 

 Oriolus Galbula, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 160 (1760). 



Oriolus galbula, Naum. ii. p. 171 ; Macg. ii. p. 73 ; Hewitson, 

 p. 94; Gray, p. 77; Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 227; id. ed. 3, i. 

 p. 237; Newton, i. p. 233; Gould, ii. pi. 31; Harting, 

 p. 10; Dresser, iii. p. 365. 



Golden Oriole, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 212. 



Galbula, a yellow bird mentioned by Pliny, H. JH. 30. 28, the sight of which 

 cured jaundice, though the bird died ! From galbus = yellow. 



A straggler to England on migration, and has occasionally 

 nested in the southern counties. / Breeds in Central and 

 Southern Europe, and occasionally in North Africa, wintering 



in South Africa. Eastwards it is found in Persia and Tur- 



, 



kestan. 



Family LANIID^E. 

 Genus LANIUS, Linnaus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 134 (1766). 



Ldnius = a butcher ; a name first applied by Gesner, in reference to the bird's 

 habits. 



