ORIOL1DJE. 427 



Genus CREADION, Vieill. 

 Creadion carunculatus (Gmel.}. 

 (Plate XIX. fig. 5.) 



cnruncultitus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 144 (1877) ; 

 Jicische/f, Trans. $ Proc. X. Zeal. Inst. xix. p. 188 (1887) ; flutter, 

 Birds N. Zeal, 2nd ed, i. p. 18 (1888) ; id., Suppl. ii. p. 101 (1905) ; 

 Miarpe, Hawl-l. \. p. 544 (1909). 



An egg of the " Saddle-Back " is of a rather long and somewhat 

 pointed oval shape, almost without gloss. The ground-colour is 

 pale greyish -pink, with spots and blotches of umber-brown, dark 

 lilac-grey and pale lavender-grey, the markings being mostly con- 

 centrated round the larger end where they partially blend and 

 form an irregular cap. It measures 1'25 by *85. 



The white egg marked and spotted with purplish-bro\vn and 

 measuring 1-4 by I'D referred to this species by Buller (vide supra) 

 has no doubt been wrongly identified. He also describes a second 

 egg which agrees in every respect with the specimen in the British 

 Museum. 



1. New Zealand. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Family ORIOLID^. 



Genus ORIOLUS, Linn. 



Oriolus galbula, Linn. 



Oriolus galbula, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Vog. tab. xxvii. figs. 11, a-c 

 (1845-54) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 60. fig. 10 (1855-63) ; 

 JJewitson, Eyys of Brit. Birds, i. p. 94, pi. xxvi. fig. i (1850); 

 Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 221; tiharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 191 

 (1877) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, \. p. 589, pi. 11 (1883) ; id., Eyys of 

 Brit. Birds, p. 232, pi. 54. lig. 20 (1896; ; Whitaker, Birds Tunis. 

 i. p. 1(54 (1905) ; JJresser, Eyys Birds Europe, pts. vii. & viii. 

 p. 281, pi. v. fig. 5 (1907) ; (Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 54(3 (1909) ; 

 Aehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 352 (1910). 



Oriolus oriolus, Ret/, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. i. p. 345, pi. 43. figs. 1-4 

 (1900) ; Jourd'. Eyys Europ. Birds, i. p. 41, pi. viii. figs. 1-4 (1906). 



Oriolus oriolus oriolus, Hurtert, Voy. pal. Faun. i. p. 51 (1903). 



The eggs of the Golden Oriole are of an oval shape, some being 

 lengthened and pointed, others short and blunt, and they are highly 

 glossy. The ground is white, occasionally tinged with pink, and 

 sparingly marked with specks and spots of deep purplish-brown or 



