432 ORIOLTDJ^. 



brown intermingled -with the others. They vary in length from 

 1-06 to 1-28, and in breadth from -73 to -84. 



1. South Africa. T. Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Nr. Graharastown, Cape Colony, B. E. Jupp, Esq. [0.]. 



19th Nov. (L. Palmer}. 



3. Peachey's Farm, Nov. (P. B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 



Peachey). 



2 (1 abnormal). Blaauw Krantz.28th B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.j. 

 Nov. (B. E. /.). 



Oriolus trailli, Vigors. 



Oriolus trailli, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 222 (1877) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 19 (1899) ; Gates, Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, i. p. 508 

 (1889) ; Gates, ed. Hume, Nest* $ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 362 (1889) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 553 (1909; ; 'Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 353 

 (1910). 



The eggs of the Maroon Oriole are quite inseparable from those 

 of 0. melanoceplialus. The ground-colour is pinkish-white, and 

 the markings, which are deep purplish-brown and dull lavender, 

 are chiefly collected together about the broad end of the egg. One 

 example measures 1*11 by *8. The others are broken at the small 

 end and cannot be accurately measured. 



1. Narntclm, Native Sikhim, 3rd Hume Coll. 



April (L. Mamlellfi. 



2. Sikhim, 20th April (J. A. Hume Coll. 



(jlammie). 



Genus MIMETA, King. 

 Mimeta flavocincta (King). 



Mimeta flavocincta, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 466 (1865) ; 

 Meyer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 292, taf. xvii. fig. 1 ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 553 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 353 (1910). 



Oriolus flavicinctus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 206 (1877) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 19 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 i. p. 80 (1901) ; North, Nests $ Eggs Birds Austr. i. p. 79 (1902). 



An egg of the Crescent-marked Oriole is of a pointed oval form 

 and possesses a considerable amount of gloss. It is of a light 

 creamy buff-colour, spotted and blotched with dark umber-brown, 

 light yellowish-brown, and pale underlying lavender. The mark- 

 ings are more frequent as well as larger round the broad end of 

 the egg, where they form an irregular zone. It measures 1'25 

 by '86. This specimen does not agree well with the egg figured by 

 Meyer. 



1. Somerset, N. Queensland, 7th Dec. C. A . Barnard, Esq. [C.]. 



