YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. Icteria mridu.. 



the same greenish-yellow and brownish-black apparel. The total length of the Golden 

 Oriole is not quite ten inches. 



There are many other Orioles known to ornithologists which cannot be described in 

 these pages for lack of space, and it must be sufficient to record the Mango Bird of 

 India (Oriolus Kundoo), remarkable for its peculiarly melancholy cry, and the Black- 

 Headed Oriole of Bengal ( Oriolus melanocephalus), notable for its lengthened monotonic 

 flute-like note. None of the true Orioles are found in America ; and the reader must be 

 careful not to confound those birds, which are nearly allied to the starlings, with the 

 Orioles of the eastern hemisphere, the only resemblance between them being a similarity 

 of colouring. 



BEFOBE quitting this interesting family of birds, we must give a passing notice to the 

 BULBULS, so well known by the repeated references to them in Oriental writings. Some 

 of the species are possessed of remarkably sweet voices, and are popularly called night- 

 ingales. They are easily tamed, becoming very fond of a kind owner, and can be 

 taught to perform many interesting tricks. One species is kept for the purpose of fighting, 

 and is trained for this object as carefully as gamecocks were formerly trained for the cruel 

 amusement of their owners. In a wild state they are generally found in the woods and 

 jungles, and are in the habit of visiting gardens for the sake of preying upon the ripened 

 fruits and insects. They are all exotic birds, and are only found in the eastern hemi- 

 sphere. 



THE interesting family of the FLYCATCHERS is composed of a large number of species, 

 extremely variable in size, form, and colour. The average dimensions of these birds are 

 about equal to those of a large sparrow, and many are smaller than that bird, although 

 two or three species nearly equal the thrush in size. Their shape is always neat and 

 elegant, and their plumage sits closely on the body in order to permit the short but rapid 

 evolutions which they make in pursuit of their active prey. One or two, such as the 

 Paradise and Fork-tailed Flycatchers, are remarkable for the mode in which the tail is 



