432 ORIOtlDiE. 



brown interming'led with the others. They vary in length from 

 1-06 to 1-28, and in breadth from 73 to "84. 



1. South Africa. T. Ayres, Esq. [CA 



2. Nr. Grahamstown, Cape Colony, B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 



19th Nov. {L. Palme?-). 



3. Peachey's Farm, Nov. (P. B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 



Peachep). 

 2 (1 abnormal). Blaauw Krantz, 28th B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 

 Nov. {B. E. J..). 



Oriolus trailli, Vigors. 



Oriolus trailli, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 222 (1877) ; Nehrlc. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 19 (1899) ; Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 508 

 (1889) ; Gates, ed. Hume, Nests ^ Ecigs Ind. Birds, i. p. 362 (1889) ; 

 Shm-pe, Hand-l. v. p. 553 (1909; ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 353 

 (1910). 



The egp;s of the Maroon Oriole are quite inseparable from those 

 of 0. melanoeephdlus. The ground-colour is pinkish-white, and 

 the markings, which are deep purplish-brown and dull lavender, 

 are chiefly collected together about the broad end of the egg. One 

 example measures I'll by -8. The others are broken at the small 

 end and cannot be accurately measured. 



1. Narutchu, Native Sikhini, 3rd Hume Coll. 

 April (X. Mandelli^. 

 Sikhim, 20th April (/. A. Plume Coll. 

 GamvKe). 







Genus MIMETA, King. 

 Mimeta flavocincta {King). 



Mimeta flavocincta, Gould, Eandb. Birds Austr. i. p. 466 (1866) ; 

 Meyer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 292, taf. xvii. flg. 1 ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 553 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 363 (1910). 



Oriolus flavicinctus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 206 (1877) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 19 (1 899) ; Campbell, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 i. p. 80 (1901) ; North, Nests Sp Eggs Birds Austr. i. p. 79 (1902). 



An egg of the Crescent-marked Oriole is of a pointed oval form 

 and possesses a considerable amount of gloss. It is of a light 

 creamy buff-colour, spotted and blotched with dark umber-brown, 

 light yellowish-brown, and pale underlying lavender. The mark- 

 ings are more frequent as well as larger round the broad end of 

 the egg, where they form an irregular zone. It measures 1-25 

 by "SB. This specimen does not agree well with the egg figured by 

 Meyer. 



1. Somer.wt, N. Queensland, 7th Dec. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.]. 



