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Genus CEEADION, Vieill. 



Creadion carunculatus (^Gmel.). 

 (Plate XIX. fig. 5.) 



Creadion carunculatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 144 (1877) ; 

 lieischek, Trans. ^ Froc. N. Zeal. Inst. xix. p. 188 (1887) ; Bxdkr, 

 Birds N. Zeal, iind ed, i. p. 18 (1888) ; id., Suppl. ii. p. 161 (1905) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 544 (1909). 



A.n egg of the " Saddle-Back " is of a rather long and somewhat 

 pointed oval shape, almost wilhout gloss. The ground-colour is 

 pale greyish-pink, -with spots and blotches of umher-brown, dark 

 lilac-grey and pale lavender-grey, the markings being mostly con- 

 centrated round the larger end where they partially blend and 

 form an irregular cap. It measures 1"25 by "SS. 



The white egg marked and spotted with purplish-brown and 

 measuring 1'4 by I'O referred to this species by Buller {vide sxqira) 

 has no doubt been wrongly identified. He also describes a second 

 egg which agrees in every respect with the specimen in the British 

 Museum. 



1. New Zealand. W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



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Family ORIOLIDtE. 



Genus ORIOLUS, Linn. 



Oriolus galbnla, Linn. 



Oriolus galbula, T/iien. Fortpflanz. c/es. Vog. tab. xxvij. figs. 11, a-c 

 (1845-54) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 60. fig. 10 (1855-63) ; 

 Jiewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 94, pi. xxvi. fig. i (1856); 

 Saunden-s, Ibis, 1871, p. 221; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 191 

 (1877) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 589, pi. 11 (1883) ; id., Eggs of 

 Brit. Birds, p. 232, pi. 54. tig. 20 (1896; ; Whitaker, Birds Tunis. 

 i. p. 164 (1905) ; Dresser, Eggs Birds Europe, pts. vii. & viii. 

 p. 281, pi. V. lig. 5 (1907) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 546 (1909) ; 

 A'ehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 352 (1910). 



Oriolus oriolus, Reg, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. i. p. 845, pi. 43. figs. 1-4 

 (1900) ; Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, i. p. 41, pi. viii. figs. 1-4 (1906). 



Oriolus oriolus oriolus, Hariert, Vog.jml. Faun. i. p. 51 (1903). 



The eggs of the Golden Oriole are of an oval shape, some being 

 lengthened and pointed, others short and blunt, and they are highly 

 glossy. The ground is white, occasionally tinged with pink, and 

 sparingly marked with specks and spots of deep purplish-brown or 



