ORIOLUS XANTHONOTUS. 



Ord. II'J'' Les Passereaux, Cuviei . 1'" Famille, Les Dentirostres. 

 Ord. W^ Omnivores, Temminch. 



Ord. II. Pic^, Linn. Syst. Sect. I. Pedibus ambulatoriis. 

 Ord. II. Ambulatores, IlUger, Fam. 14. Coraces. 



ORIOLUS, Linn. Lath. Temm. &c. 

 CORACIAS, Ill^er. . 



Char. gen. — Rostrum mediocre, validiusculum, cultratum, culmine rotundato, maxilla 

 ad apicem subadunca, emarginata, mandibula apice incisa acuminata. Vibrissee 

 rigida; patentes, in angulo labiali. Caput dense plumatum. Nares basales, laterales, 

 niidae, membrana superne semiclausae, rima ovali longitudinali inferne apert«. 

 Lingua cartilaginea, lineari-lancealata, apice fimbriata. Alee longiusculae, 

 acuminatEB. Bemiges: prima spuria, secunda subelongata, tertia longissima. Pedes 

 ambulatorii, mediocres, congrui. Acropodia scutulata. 



Oriolus ater, pectore et ventre albidis nigro striatis, dorso uropygio scapulis axillis 

 crisso rectricibusque interne fiavis, rostro rubescente, pedibus nigris. 



Attat, of the Javanese, in the eastern districts. 



Oriolus xanthonotus, Horsf. Syst. Arrangement of Birds from Java, Linn. Trans. 

 VoL Xin. p. 152. 



Yellow-backed Oriole, Gen. Hist, of Birds, by John Latham, M. D. Second Edition, 

 1822, Vol. in. p. 143. N. 61. 



Oriolus maculatus, Le Loriof Grivele, Encyclopedic, art. Ornithologie, p. 695, addi- 

 tion, &c. 1822. The Female. 



The Oriolus Xanthonotus has nothing to distinguish it from the true character 

 of the genus Oriolus in the form of the biU and claws, or of the body. It is somewhat 

 smaller than the Asiatic variety of thfe Oriolus Galbula of Latham, the Oriolus 



