OBIOLTT8, 



431 



2. Fup-n Island, Babuyan Group, J. Whitehead, Esq. [0.]. 



North Lu/.on. 5th April. 



3. Capo Kngaiio, N.E. Luzon, 15th J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



May *. 



Oriolus melanoceplialus (Linn.). 



Oriolns melanoceplialus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 215 (1877) ; 

 Leqtje, Bird* Ceylon, p. 357 (1879) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Bird*, 

 i.p.'oOG (1889) ;' Gates, cd. Hume, Notts $ Eytj* Ind. Birch, i. p. 359 

 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand- 1. v. p. 550 (1909) ; Nekrk. Kat. EiersammL 

 p. 353 (1910). 



The eggs of the Black-headed Oriole resemble those of 0. Jcundoo, 

 but the ground appears to be invariably tinged with pink, and the 

 spots are paler and more numerous, with a greater tendency to be 

 grouped at the broad end of the egg. They measure from 1*03 to 

 I'll) in length, and from *72 to '83 in breadth. 



1. Himalaya (Nehrkom Coll.). Cro vvley Bequest. 



2. SikhinTTerai, 4th May. Hume Coll. 



1. Sikliim Terai, 6th May. Hume Coll. 



2. Allahabad, 5th July. Hume Coll. 

 2. Raipnr, C. Provinces, 23rd July Hume Coll. 



( F. 11. Blewitt). 



1 . Raipur. July (F. R. B.\ Hume Coll. 



2. Raipur (F. *R. B.). Hume Coll. 



2. Calcutta, 22nd June (Dr. Crow- Crowley Bequest. 



foot). 



2. Thoungyin River, Tenasseriin, Hume Coll. 



13th "April (C. T. Binyham). 



1. Tenasserim, 24th April. Hume Coll. 



2. Pegu, 30th March (E. W. Oates). Oates Coll. 

 2. Pegu, 1st April (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



Oriolus larvatus, Licht. 

 (Plate XIX. figs. 8-10.) 



Oriolus larvatus, Gurney, Ibis, 1860, p. 209: Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 iii. p. 217 (1877) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 413 

 (1875-84) ; Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 51 (1900) ; Reich. 

 Vog. Afr. ii. p. 658 (1903) ; 'Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 551 (1909) ; 

 Nehrk. 'Kat. EiersammL p. 353 (1910). 



Eggs of the South African Black -headed Oriole are of a rather 

 narrow oval form and slightly glossy. They are dull white, 

 spotted and blotched, chiefly at the broad end, with yellowish- 

 brown and dull lavender. There are also a few spots of dark 



* The date marked on these is the loth May, not loth April as recorded by 

 Messrs. Ogilvie-Grant & Whitehead (/. c.). 



