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blackish ; under parts white, on the lower throat, breast, and 

 flanks washed with bright-yellow, the vent and under tail-coverts 

 being entirely yellow ; throat, breast, and flanks, more or less 

 distinctly streaked with blackish-brown. 



Young male : Closely resembles the female, but is only a little 

 more yellow in tinge of plumage. Dresser. 



Occurs in Sind as a somewhat rare visitor during October and 

 November. 



I Oriolus indicus, Jerdon. 



471. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. -II, p. 109 ; Butler, Deccan ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 403 ; Swinhoe and Barries, Central 

 India; Ibis, 1885, p. 69. 



THE BLACK-NAPED INDIAN ORIOLE. 



Length, 10 ; wing, 6 ; tail, 3'5 ; tarsus, 0'87 ; bill at front, 1*12. 



Bill pinky-red ; irides rich blood-red ; legs plumbeous. 



Bright yellow, greenish on the back and^co verts; a black horse- 

 shoe mark extending from the base of the bill through the eyes 

 to the nape ; tail black ; the central feathers barely tipped yellow, 

 the others tipped broadly, the outermost feathers for 1J inches 

 or so ; wings black, the secondaries broadly margined with pale 

 yellow, the tertiaries with the whole outer web, and part of the 

 inner webs, greenish yellow ; primaries also tipped with the same ; 

 a bright yellow wing-spot formed by the tips of the coverts of the 

 primaries. 



Females differ in being slightly greenish above, and in the 

 yellow generally being not quite so vivid. 



The young are yellowish-green above, with little or no trace of 

 the occipital crescent ; whitish beneath, with dark central lines ; 

 bill infuscated. 



In a further stage the under-parts are a weaker yellow, with 

 black shafts to the breast-feathers more or less developed. 



The Black-naped Indian Oriole is very rare. It has only been 

 procured at Savantvadi and Ratnagiri. Colonel Swinhoe saw it at 

 Manpore, Central India. 



Oriolus melanocephalus, Lin. 



472. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 110 ; Butler, Guzorat ; 

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

 IX, p. 403. * / 



THE BENGAL BLACK-HEADED ORIOLE. 



Length, 9'5 ; expanse, 16 ; wing, 5'5 ; tail, 3'5 ; tarsus, 0'88 ; 

 bill at front, 1. / * 



Bill pale lake-red ; irides rich-red ; legs plumbeous. 



Whole head, neck and breast in front, deep-black ; rest of the 

 plumage rich dark-yellow above, slightly paler beneath, on the 

 lower abdomen and under tail-coverts ; wings black, with a small 

 yellow band formed by the primary-coverts ; tertiaries with the 



