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advanced, but the plumage is not bright." This, it will be 

 observed, is in accordance with the descriptions here given 

 as those of the second and third summer. 



The Oriole so frequently received from India, Oriolus 

 aureus, which is by some considered to be identical with 

 the bird under description, is, however, distinct, and may 

 be immediately recognised by having tine dark mark behind 

 the eye, reaching to some distance above the ear-coverts ; 

 the wing is also much shorter, not reaching near so far 

 towards the end of the tail. 



