OEIOLTTS. 



431 



2. Fupa Island, Babuyan Group, J. Whitehead, Esq. [0.]. 



North Luzon, 5th April. 



3. Cape Engauo, N.E. Luzon, 16th J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



May*. 



Oriolus, melanocephalus (Linn.). 



Oriolus melanocephalus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 315 (1877) ; 

 Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 357 (1879) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 i. p. 506 ( 1889) ; Oates, ed. Hume, Nexts 8f Mgqs 'ind. Birds, i. p. 359 

 (1889) ; Sharpe, JSand-l. v. p. 550 (1909J ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 353 (1910). 



The eggs of the Black-headed Oriole resemble those of 0. hundoo, 

 but the ground appears to be invariably tinged with pink, and the 

 spots are paler and more numerous, with a greater tendency to be 

 grouped at the broad end of the egg. They measure from 1-03 to 

 1-19 in length, and from "72 to "83 in breadth. 



1. Himalaya (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Sikhim Terai, 4th May. Hume Coll. 



1. Sikhim Terai, 6th May. Hume Coll. 



2. Allahabad, 5th .July. Hume Coll. 

 2. Ilaipur, C. Provinces, 23rd July Hume Coll. 



{F. B. Blewitt). 



1. Raipur, July (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 



2. Eaipur {F. M. B.). Hume Coll. 



2. Calcutta, 22nd June {Dr. Crow- Crowley Bequest. 



foot). 



2. Thoungyin Eiver, Tenasaerim, Hume Coll. 



13th April (C. T. Bingham). 



1. Tenasserim, 24th April. Hume Coll. 



2. Pegu, 30th March {E. W. Oates). Oates Coll. 

 2. Pegu, 1st April {E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



Oriolus larvatus, LicM. 

 (Plate XIX. figs. 8-10.) 



Oriolus larvatus, Gumey, Ibis, ] 860, p. 209 : Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 iii. p. 217 (1877) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 413 

 (1875-84) ; Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 51 (1900) ; Reich. 

 Vog. Afr. ii. p. 658 (1903) ; Sharpe, Hand-L v. p. 551 (1909) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 353 (1910). 



Eggs of the South African Black -headed Oriole are of a rather 

 narrow oval form and slightly glossy. They are dull white, 

 spotted and blotched, chiefly at the broad end, with yellowish- 

 brown and dull lavender. There are also a few spots of dark 



* The date marked on these is the 15th May, not 15th April as recorded by 

 Messrs. Ogilvie-Grant & Whitehead {I. c). 



