BIRDS COLLECTED IN TEE IIYLAKANDY DISTRICT. 615 



Family OrioUdce. 



Genus Oriolus (Linn. 1766). 



No. 515. Oriolus tenuirostris (Blyth). — The Burmese Black- 



naped Oriole. 

 Hume, " S. F.," Vol. Ill, p. 132 ; id.,No\, VIII, p. 131 ; id., Vol. 

 XI, p. 187 ; Inglis, " S. F.," Vol. V, p. 35 ; Hume and Dav., 

 *' S. F.," Vol. VI, p. 329 ; Scully, *' S. F.," Vol. VIII, p. 298 ; 

 Oates, " S. F.," Vol. X, p. 212. 



This Oriole is very rare. I only once got a specimen here. 57 



Its note is different from that of the other Orioles. Curious to say I 

 found this Oriole rather common at Larsingah in the Happy Valley. 

 Larsingah is about 45 miles from Roopacherra. I cannot account for its 

 being so rare in one place and comparatively so common in the other. 

 No. 521. Oriolus melanocephalus (Linn.)— The Indian Black- 

 headed Oriole. 



Hume, " N. and E.," 2nd Ed., Vol. I, p. 359 ; Butler, " S. F.," 

 Vol. Ill, p. 474 : Inglis, '^ S. F.," Vol. V, p. 35 ; Hume, " S. F.," 

 Vol. Ill, p. 133 ; Dav., *' S. F.," Vol. X, p. 388 ; Oates, " S. F.," 

 Vol. X, p. 212. 



This Oriole is very common, frequenting the bustles or any -q^q 

 thinly-wooded place. It may be easily kept in captivity. These Hu^'ieePakee 

 Orioles invariably go about in pairs. 



No. 522. Oriolus trailii (Vigors)~The Maroon Oriole. 



Hume, " N. and E.," 2nd Ed., Vol I, p. 362 ; Scully, " S. F.," 



Vol. VIII, p. 299 ; Oates, " S. F.," Vol. X, p. 212 ; Hume, " S. F.," 



Vol. XI, p. 189. 



This species is very rare here, but not so rare as 0. tenuirostris. -^^ 

 ^ . -^ ' . . Beng, 



I have obtained about a couple of pairs during the five years I have Lall Teeo. 



been collecting. Immature birds are, if anything, commoner than 



the adults. It is the shyest of all the Orioles keeping to the 



dense jungle. 



Family Eulahetidce. 

 Genus Eulahes (Cuvier, 1817). 

 No. 525. EuLABEs JAVANENSis (Osb.)— The Malay Grackle. 

 Inglis, " S. P.," VoL V, p. 38 ; Hume, " S. F./' Vol. Ill, p. 152 ; 

 id,, Vo). XI, p. 26ti. 



