1879.] LIEUT. R. G. WAHDLAW RAMSAY ON A NEW ORIOLE. 709 



PS. (Dec 15th 1879) -I had in this paper described a species 

 of Charaxes from West Afr.ca under the name of C. qalba which 

 in a memoir since published by Herr Dewitz, has been described by 

 that gentleman under the name of C. hildebrandti. Its nearest 

 allies are andara, Ward, from Madagascar, and the Indian species 

 ij.jaoius, Linn. r 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE LIV. 



Fig. 1. Paradiadema horn p 704. I Fig. 3. Harma frcdenca, p. 707 



2. Harma tucasu, p. 70G. | 4. C harJes agabo, 'Jtfg' 



9. Description of a new Oriole from Borneo. By R. G. 

 Wardlaw Ramsay, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., Lieutenant 67th 

 Regiment. 



[Received October 30, 1879.] 



Oriolus consobrinus, sp. n. 



? . Allied to Oriolus xanthonotus, but differs in having the head, 

 sides of the face, and ear-coverts smoky cinereous. The yellowish- 

 brown edgings to the wing-coverts are also wanting ; but this is not 

 a constant character even in O. xanthonotus $, for some examples 

 do not possess it in the smallest degree. The third, fourth, fifth, 

 and sixth primaries are margined and tipped with pale greenish 

 yellow. Ine rump has an appearance of being tinged with reddish 

 brown, many of the feathers being of that colour. The lower sur- 

 face is of a much purer white, with a cinereous tinge on the throat. 

 Hie lower tail-coverts and tail are as in O. xanthonotus. 



o£ e " S .S, , (2, dly Skhl) 6 ' 5 inches ' tarsus "75; wing 4; tail 

 ^vo ; bill from gape -85. 



*. l i 'VT* tha " P robabIe that the m ale will be found to resemble 

 that ot o. xanthonotus, but possibly with the upper tail-coverts 

 reddish or rusty brown. 



The comparative measurements I do not consider of much im- 

 portance, inasmuch as examples of O. xanthonotus from Malacca, 

 Sumatra, S.E. Borneo, Sarawak, and the Philippines, although ap- 

 parently identical with the typical Javan species, vary much in size 

 inter se. 



The specimen from which my description is taken was in a col- 

 lection labelled N.E. Borneo, in the museum of the late Lord 

 1 weeddale. 



I am indebted to Mr Jt. B. Sharpe, of the British Museum, for 

 informing me that this u llection was made in the district of 

 bandakan, in Northern Borneo, 



