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THE FAIRY BLUE-BIRD. 



Length, 10; wing, 5'25 ; tail, 4 ; tarsus, 0'5. 



Bill black ; irides ruby-red ; legs black. 



Male, the whole upper parts, with the lower tail-coverts, ^rillianji 

 glistening cobalt-blue ; wings, tail, and lower plumage, deep 

 velvet-black. 



The female is of a dull, slightly mottled, Antwerp-blue through- 

 out. 



The Fairy Blue-bird occurs at Savantvadi, where it is probably 

 & permanent resident, and it has also been procured in the forests 

 southwest of Belgaum. 



It does not occur elsewhere within the region, 



SUB-FAMILY, Oriolinse. 



Bill Thrush-like, rather long, strong, moderately broad at the 

 base, slightly curving, tolerably hooked, and the tip distinctly 

 notched ; wings long, third or fourth quill longest ; tail rather 

 short, nearly even ; tarsus short ; feet small ; lateral toes unequal, 

 and the outer one syndactyle ; claws well curved. 



GENUS, OriolllS, Linnaeus. 



Bill long, slightly broad at the base, somewhat curved at the 

 culmen, which is keeled, slightly hooked at tip, distinctly notched ; 

 nostrils basal and lateral, longitudinal, pierced in membrane, 

 nearly apert ; wings lengthened, first quill very short, second a 

 little shorter than the third which is longest ; tail sub-even, with 

 long coverts ; tarsus short ; feet moderately strong ; anterior scales 

 of tarsus divided ; claws moderate, well curved. 



Oriolus kundop, Sykes. 



470. Jerdon's Birds of India, VoTll, p. 107 ; Butler, Guzerat ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 474 ; Deccan, Stray Feathers, 

 Vol. IX, p. 403 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 137 ; / 

 Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, p, 68. 



THE INDIAN ORIOLE. 



Length, 9'5 to 10 ; expanse, 15 to 16 ; wing, 5'5 to 5 - 7 ; tail, 

 3'5 to 375; tarsus, 0'8 to 0'9 ; bill at front, TO; bill at 

 gape, 1'25. 



Bill deep lake-red ; irides rich blood-red ; legs plumbeous. 



Male, bright-yellow ; a black stripe from the base of the bill 

 through the eyes for a short distance beyond ; wings black, with a 

 yellow bar formed by the primary coverts and the tips and outer 

 edges of the quills ; tail with the central feathers black ; the next 

 pair black with a broad yellow tip, and the others black at the 

 base, and yellow for the greater part of their terminal length. 



The adult female differs from the male in a slightly greenish 

 tint above. 



The young bird is yellowish-green above ; the rump, vent, the 

 inner webs of the tail-feathers at their tips, arid the sides of the 



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