BRODEEIPUS FOEMOSUS. 229 



'' Apparently the specimen in question is the only one known at 

 present ; it is an immature bird, either a female or younger male, according 

 to the yellow ring of the nape and the yellow rump, which contrast with the 

 other parts of the upper plumage. The darker, more greenish tint of the 

 upper parts is characteristic, in comparison with the immature plumage of 

 the other allied species. The extension of the black on the head and the 

 restriction of the yellow^^ on the forehead are similar to those of O. frontalis ; 

 but the extension of the yellow tips of the tail reaches much further, to the 

 middle of the tail ; it measures at the inner web of the outmost rectrices more 

 than 2\ whereas the outer web is blackish-coloured about |", and on the edge 

 still further towards the tip . 



'' The new species does not belong to Oriolus broderipi, Bp., from 

 Sumbawa : it was compared with an old bird of the Museum Heineanum. 

 O. broderipi is smaller, possesses a distinct yellow patch on the wing ; 

 and the yellow of the front reaches further back." 



Also we find in Salvadori (Ann. d. Mus. Civ. d. St. Nat. Genova, ix. 

 1876, p. 60):— 



" Oriolus formosus. Cab. 



^'Two males" (from Peta, Sangi Islands). 



^' This is the largest species of the genus Oriolus, and resembles princi- 

 pally O, frontalis, Wall., from the Sula Islands." 



The Plate is from two birds sent me by Dr. Meyer as male and female, 

 and now in my collection. In the young female the chest is spotted, and the 

 head hardly shows any black. The difference of the sexes is very small. 



