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62. O. viridis, Lath. (Mimeta viridis), Oriole. 



Upper surface olive ; breast streaked ; belly white, broadly 

 streaked with black. 

 Hab : 3, 4. 



63. O. affinis, Old. (Mimeta affinis), Northern Oriole. 



Differs from O. viridis in having a smaller body, a shorter wing, 

 a much larger bill, and in the white spots at tip of tail being 

 smaller. Considered by Dr. Sharpe to be a very doubtful species. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 3. ' 



GENUS SPHECOTHERES. Lores and region around and behind 



eye bare. 



64. S. maxillariS, Lath. (S. australis, Swainson), Fig-bird., 



Adult Male. Above yellowish-green ; tail black, the three outer 

 feathers white at tip ; crown of head, nape, and ear coverts black, 

 as also fore part of cheeks ; hind-neck, sides of neck, throat, and 

 fore-neck leaden-grey ; rest of under surface dull yellowish-green ; 

 iris varies from dark brown to red. 



Total length, 9'5 in. ; bill, 1 in. ; wing, 6 in. ; tail, 4*5 in. ; tarsus, 

 lin. 



Hab. : 1 to 4. 



65. S. flaviventriS, Gld., Yellow-bellied Fig-bird. 



Adult Male. Above yellowish-green ; tail feathers black, the 

 centre ones entirely black, the outer web of outermost almost 

 entirely white ; nape and cheeks black ; entire under surface of body 

 bright yellow. Total length, 10*2 in. ; bill, 1 in. ; wing, 5*6 in. ; 

 tail, 4 '4 in. ; tarsus, 1 in. 



Adult Female. General colour above brown ; head light brown ; 

 crown and cheeks streaked darker brown ; under surface of body 

 white, with brown streaks. 

 Hab. : 1, 2. 



FAMILY DICRURIDJE. 



Tail forked, consisting of ten feathers ; bill with a notch in the upper 



mandible. 



GENUS CHIBIA. Tip of outer tail feather recurved. 



66. C. bract cata, Gld., Drongo. 



Metallic shade on neck hackles and on the spangles of the breast 

 steel-green ; loral plumes only moderately dense. 

 Hab. : 1 to 4, (5), 6. 



FAMILY 



Bill with a notch in the upper mandible ; tail moderate, rounded or 

 square, consisting of twelve feathers. 



SUB-FAMILY PRIONOPIN^E. 



Bill broader than it is high. 

 GENUS GRALLINA. Second primary longer than the secondaries. 



67. G. pica t a, Lath., Magpie Lark. 



Throat white in female, black in male ; breast black, under parts 

 pure white. 



Hab. : 1 to 4, 6, 7, 9. 



GENUS COLL YRIOCINCLA. Conspicuous colours, grey to buff. Second 

 primary longer than secondaries. 



68. C. harmonica, Lath., Grey Shrike-Thrush. 



Bill blackish ; back umber-brown, contrasting with grey head and 

 rump ; bill stout, 0'9 in. long ; white loral spot very distinct ; no 

 eyebrow in adult. 



Hab.: 2,3,4,6, 7. 



