The Black-and-Yellow Grosbeak 



which this occurs are said to be "the Himalayas 

 from the Hazara country to Sikkim at consider- 

 able elevations and Manipur." 



The only Indian grosbeak which I have met 

 in the flesh is the yellow-and-black species. 

 This bird is common in the hills round about 

 Murree, so that, when on ten days' leave there, 

 I had some opportunity of studying its habits. 

 It is a bird of the same size as the Indian oriole 

 {Orioliis kundoo). The cock grosbeak, indeed, 

 bears a striking resemblance to the black- 

 headed oriole {Oriolus melanocefhalus). His 

 whole head, chin, throat, wings, shoulders, 

 upper-tail-coverts, and thighs are black, the 

 remainder of the plumage is a rich yellow, 

 tinged with orange at the hind neck. Thus 

 the colour and markings are almost identical 

 with those of the black-headed oriole, the chief 

 difference being that the latter has a little 

 yellow in the wing. So great is the resem- 

 blance that the casual observer will, in nine 

 cases out of ten, mistake the grosbeak for an 

 oriole. The resemblance extends to size and 

 shape, as the following table shows : 



