234 MERULIDZ. 
advanced, but the plumage is not bright.” This, it will be 
observed, is in accordance with the descriptions here given 
as those of the second and third summer. 
The Oriole so frequently received from India, Oriolus 
aureus, which is by some considered to be identical with 
the bird under description, is, however, distinct, and may 
be immediately recognised by having the dark mark behind 
the eye, reaching to some distance above the ear-coverts ; 
the wing is also much shorter, not reaching near so far 
towards the end of the tail. 
