MTMETA. 



433 



Mimeta sagittata (La tit.). 

 (Plate XIX. figs. 11 & 12.) 



Oriolus viridis, Ramsay, Ibis, 1863, p. 179 ; Sharpe, Cat. Hinl* B. M. 



iii. p. ^li> (1S77) ' Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 19 (1899) ; Campbell, 



Xt-itfit $ Ef/(/x Au*tr. Birds, i. p. 81, pi. 6 (1901). 

 Mimeta viridis, Gfotdtf, Hanrfb. Birds Aii*tr. i. p. 462 (1865); North, 



Nfsf* & Etj<i* Birth Ans1r. p. 183 (1889). 



Oriolus sagittatus, North, Nests $ Eggs Birds Ausfr. i. p. 75 (1902). 

 Mimeta saarittata, Sharpe, Hnnd-l. v. p. 555 (1909) [part.]; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 353 (1910). 



The eggs of the Xew South Wales Oriole are of precisely the 

 same type as the single egg of M. flavocincta described above, but 

 are rather larger. In one specimen, however, the dark umber- 

 brown markings are entirely absent, and the shell is thickly 

 covered with spots, blotches, and clouds of yellowish-brown and 

 inky-purple. In all the examples the markings are very numerous 

 and prominent at the broad end, where they form an irregular zone 

 or cap. They measure from l - 28 to 1'So in length, and from '91 

 to -9o in breadth. 



'2. Australia. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



3. Xew South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. Dobroyd, N. S. Wales. Gould Coll. 



1 . Victoria (/". Gould : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



2. Victoria, 2nd Sept. (A. J. North). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Victoria. Govt. of Victoria [P.]. 



1. Gippsland. Victoria, F. A. Philbrick, Esq. [P.]. 



Mimeta affinis, (joul<l. 

 (Plate XIX. figs. 13 & 14.) 

 Mimeta affinis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 465 (1865) ; North, 



$ E(f(/s Birds Austr. p. 184, pi. xi. fig. 12 (1889). 

 Oriolus affinis,' Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 188 (footnote, 1877) ; 



Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. vi. p. 576 (1881) ; Le Souef, Viet. 



Nat. xvi. p. 62 (1899); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 19 (1899); 



Campbell, Nests fy Eags Austr. Birds, i. p. 79 (1901) ; North, Nests 



$ Eggs Birds Austr'. {. p. 78 (1902). 

 Mimeta sagittata. Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 555 (1909) [part.]. 



The eggs of the North Australian Oriole vary much in size and 

 shape, some being of a broad oval, others much more elongate ; 

 they are fairly glossy. The ground varies from white to pale 

 creamy-white, marked all over, but not very thickly, with 

 well-defined spots and specks of dark umber-brown and underlying 

 dull lavender. They vary in length from 1-23 to 1 -42, and iii 



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