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merulida:. 



Or. (iter ventre albido nigro striato ; scapulis, axillis, uropygio, 



crisso, rectricibusque interne Jlavis ; rostrum rubrum ; pedes 



nigri. 

 Dark-coloured Oriole with the belly white, striped with black ; 



the scapulars, shoulders, rump, vent, and tail-feathers deep 



yellow j the beak red 5 the legs black. 



Inhabits Java. Length six inches and a half: 

 beak red : prevailing colour of the plumage black : 

 the belly white, streaked with black : the scapulars, 

 axillae, rump, vent, and inner part of the tail-feathers 

 yellow : legs black. 



Sp. 7. Or. radiatus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 443. — India. 

 Sp. 8. Or. aureus. Linn. i. 163. 



Paradisea aurantia. Shaw, v. vii. p. 499. ;;/. 68. — India. 

 Sp. 9. Or? viridis. 



Gracula viridis. Shaw, v. vii. p. 473. — New Holland. 



GENUS XCV— PYRRHOCORAX, Cuvier. 



Rostrum basi plumulis an- 

 trorsum directis ornatum, 

 rectum, mediocre, subula- 

 tum, compressum, supra 

 convexum, subgracile, 

 apice curvato. 



Nares plumis tectae. 



Beak furnished at the base 

 with small feathers point- 

 ing forwards, straight, mo- 

 derate, subulated, com- 

 pressed, convex above, ra- 

 ther slender, the tip curved. 



Nostrils clothed with fea- 

 thers. 



Sp. 1. Py. alpinus. 



Corvus Pyrrhocorax. Shaw, v. vii. p. 380. — Alpine countries 

 of Europe. 



Sp. 2. Py? sexsetaceus. 



Corvus sexsetaceus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 380. — India. 



