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Bill brownish red ; irides brownish red to crimson ; feet 

 bluish plumbeons. 



Three immature h'lrds^ April, May and June. — Length, 9"3 

 to 9*5 ; expanse, 16"5 to 16*8 ; wing, 5*45 to 5*5 ; tail, 3"7 to 

 3-9 ; tarsus, O'S to 0'9 ; bill from gape, 1-25 to 1-4 ; bill at 

 iront, 1-06 to 1'2 ; closed wings short of tail, 1-2 to 1"4. 



Bill reddish brown, in one specimen black ; irides brick red ; 

 feet bluish plumbeous ; claws black. These birds are streaked 

 with black or dark brown on the lower surface. 



The Indian Oriole is a seasonal visitant to the valley of 

 Nepalj arriving about the 1st April and departing in August. 



It frequents some of the central woods, gardens and groves, 

 and breeds in Maj and June. 



471 «er.— Oriolus tenuirostris, Bly. 



Valley, \st February. •^liQngih, 9*9 ; expanse, 17'7 ; wing, 

 6*0 ; tail, 3*8 ; tarsus, 0*94 ; bill from gape, 1*45 ; bill at 

 front, 1*25 ; closed wings short of tail, 0*9 ; weight, 3ozs. 



Bill fleshy pink, paler at the base of the lower mandible ; irides 

 -crimson ; mouth fleshy ; eyelids grey ; feet deep bluish 

 plumbeous ; claws brownish horny. The black occipital band 

 is 0*4 in width, the yellow wing spot, 0*75 ; the yellow on the 

 tips of the pair of rectrices next the uropygials is 09 in length, 

 and on the outer rectrices, 1*8. 



Male, Valley, \9th February/. — Length, 9*8 ; expanse, 17"3; 

 wing, 5'7 ; tail, 3*7; tarsus, 0"9 ; bill from gape, 1 "45 ; bill 

 at front, 1*23 ; closed wings short of tail, I'O; weight, 2"5ozs. 



Bill dusky, reddish fleshy in front of nostrils, at base and 

 along gonys ; irides crimson ; feet greyish plumbeous ; claws 

 dusky. The black band on the nape measures 0"1 in width; 

 the yellow wing spot is 0"63 deep ; yellow on tips of the tail 

 feathers on each side of the central pair, 0*8 ; yellow on the 

 tip of outer tail feathers, L55 along the inner web. 



I have compared these two specimens with examples of 

 tenuirostris from Tenasserim in Mr. Hume's museum, and after 

 the most careful scrutiny I can detect no difierence between the 

 Nepal and Burmese birds. 



This Oriole is a winter visitor to the central woods of the 

 Nepal Valley, and is fairly common there from about the end 

 of October to March. On the 19th and 21st May I heard, 

 and just caught a glimpse of a Yellow Oriole, in dense forest 

 on Mount Sheopuri, at an elevation of about 7,500 feet. It 

 may possibly have been this species, and if so, it probably 

 breeds in the immediate vicinity of the valley. In winter 

 this species is found solitary or in pairs, frequenting the tops of 

 high trees ; and its flight is generally rather rapid and excited. 



