ORIOLIN.E 



half the length of the third and fourth, which are equal and longest. Tail moderate and rounded. Tarsi 

 short, nearly the length of the middle toe, and covered in front with broad scales. Toes moderate, free 

 at their base, and the outer toe longer than the inner ; the hind toe long and strong ; the claws long, 

 strong, and curved. 



These migratory birds are scattered in various parts of the Old "World. They are usually found solitary or in pairs, 

 and occasionally in small flocks, frequenting the skirts of forests, gardens, and orchards, feeding on the various kinds of 

 fruits and insects. Their flight is undulating, when flying from one lofty tree to another to search the foliage for the 

 caterpillars which may be feeding on them. They emit a loud, mellow, plaintive cry. The nest is rather flat and 

 saucer-shaped, and generally placed in a fork of the boughs of a tree, to both branches of which it is firmly attached. 

 It is made of sheep's wool and long slender stems of grass. The nest of some species is elongated, purse-shaped, and 

 pendulous, hanging from high branches of trees. The eggs are usually four or five in number. 



1. Or. galbula Linn. PI. enl. 26. — Coracias oriolus Scop. 



2. Or. kundoo Sykes, Proc. Z. S. 1832. p. 87- — Oriolus aureus 

 Jercl. 



3. Or. auratus Vieill. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 260. — Oriolus 

 bicolor Temm. ; O. flavus Gmel. ? Swains. B. of W. Afr. ii. pi. 1 . 



4. Or. ehinensis Linn. PI. enl. 570. — Oriolus maculatus Vieill. ; 

 Or. Hippocetis Wagl. 



5. Or. acrorhynchus Vigors, Proc. Z. S. 1831. p. 97- 



6. Or. coronatus Swains. Two Cent, and Quart, p. 342. 



7. Or. melanocephalus Linn. PI. enl. 79., Edw. Birds, pi. 77-, 

 Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 263. — Oriolus maderaspatanus Frankl. Edw. 

 Birds, pi. 186. 



8. Or. Hodgsonii Swains. Two Cent, and Quart, p. 290. — Oriolus 

 Mc Coshii Tick. 



Q. Or. philippensis Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 3. 



10. Or. nwnachus (Gmel.)— Oriolus moloxita Rupp. Faun. t. 12. 

 f. 1. 



11. Or. brachyrhynchus Swains. B. of VV. Afr. ii. p. 35. 



12. Or. larvatus Licht. Cat. Dupl. Berl. Mus. p. 20., Le Vaill. 

 Ois. d'Afr. t. 26 1 , 262. — Oriolus radiatus Gmel. ? ; Or. condougnan 

 Temm. ; Or. capensis Swains. ; Or. monachus Wagl. ; Or. chloris 

 Cuv. 



13. Or. arundinarlus Burcli. Trav. S. Afr. i. p. 464. 501. 



14. Or. xanthonotus Horsf. Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 152., Zool. Res. 

 in Java. pi. . — Oriolus leucogaster Temm. PI. col. 214. 



1 5. Or. castanopterus Bl. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1 842. p. 796. 



16. Or. Traillii (Vigors), Hodgs. Gould, Cent, of B. pi. . 

 Jard. & Selby, 111. Om. n. s. pi. 26. ; Type of Psaropholus Jard. $ 

 Selby (1839). 



17. Or. sanguinolentus (Temm.) PI. col. 499. — Leptopteryx 

 cruenta Wagl. ; Erythrolanius rubropectus Less. ; Type of Analcipus 

 Swains. (1831). 



? 18. Or. hirundinaceus Swains. Two Cent, and Quart, p. 284. 



19. Or. viridis (Lath.) Lamb. Icon. ined. i. 54. — Coracias sa- 

 gittata Lath. Lamb. Icon. ined. ii. 15., Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn. pi. 

 6l. ; Oriolus variegatus Vieill. ; Type of Mimeta Vigors &, Horsf. 

 (1826). 



20. Or. flavocinctus (Vigors), King's Surv. Austr.ii. 41 9. 



21. Or. meruloides (Vigors & Horsf.) Linn. Trans, xv. 327. 



22. Or. virescens Temm. 



23. Or. striatus Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de l'Astrol. Ois. t. 9. f. 2. 



24. Or. aureus (Gmel.) Edwards's Birds, pi. 112. — Paradisea 

 aurantiaca Shaw. 



Sericulus Swains.* 



Bill long, rather slender, with the culmen at the base keeled and slightly curved to the tip, which is 

 emarginated, and the sides compressed ; the nostrils basal, lateral. Wings moderate, with the first two 

 quills equally graduated, and the third and fourth equal and longest. Tail moderate and even. Tarsi 

 much longer than the middle toe, and broadly scutellated. Toes moderate, the inner toe shorter than 

 the outer, which is united at the base ; the claws moderate, much curved, and acute. 



These birds are peculiar to Australia, where they are usually found in the large bushes, and their food principally 

 consists of the fruits of various New Holland fig trees. 



Established by Mr. Swainson in 1825 (Zoological Journal, i. 476.). 



