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Family PYCNONOTIDiE. 



143. Pycnonotus arsinoe (Licht.). 



Turdus arsinoe, Licht. Verz. d. Doubl. p. 39. 

 Ixos arsinoe, Riipp. Neu. Wirb. p. 83. 

 Pycnonottis arsinoe, Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 196. 



Habits, song, &c. much like those of Indian species. 

 This Bulbul abounds at the base of the hills, and ranges 

 to the highlands. It lives on fruits and buds. 



Family OEIOLID^. 



144. Oriolus monacha (Gm.). 



Twrdus monacha, GmeL Syst. Nat. L pt. ii. p. 824. — Lath. Ind, 

 Omith. L 357. — Id. Gen. Hist. iii. p. 142 {Nun Oriole). 



O. monacha. Salt, No. 10, App. p. xlvi 



O. moloxita, Riipp. Neu. Wirb. p. 29, t. xii. f. 1. — Lefebvre, p. 169. 

 — Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 206. 



O. moriMihiis, HengL Joum. f. Om. 1868, p. 325. 



Iris duU red ; beak pinkish brown ; legs bluish grey. 

 Not a common bird in the country traversed, and I 

 only obtained two specimens. It has a peculiar harsh 

 double caU note. The measurements rather exceed 

 those given by Riippell. In a female shot near Antalo 

 the wing is 3'5 in., tail 3'9, tarsus 0'8, bUl from point 

 0-8 in. 



Riippell, in the note preceding his description of 

 0. moloxita, after mentioning the descriptions of the 

 Abyssinian and South African birds, states that Latham 

 named the latter 0. monachus, and added the moloxita of 

 Buffon, described from Brace's drawing, as a synonym. 

 Precisely the reverse is the case. Latham, in the " Index; 



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