ORIOLINiE. 



* s? 



1. S. mellinus (Lath.) Lamb. Icon, ineil. ii. 77- — Meliphaga 

 chrysocephala Lewin, B. of New Holl. pi. 1. ; Oriolus regens Quoy 

 et Gaim. Voy. de l'Uranie, Ois. t. 22., PL col. 320., Less. Ois. Par. 

 t. 26, 27., Voy. de la Coqu.Ois. t. 20. 



2. S. magnirostris Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1837- p. 145. 



Oriolia /. Geoffr.* 



Bill nearly as long as the head, with the culmen straight, except at the tip, which is slightly bent and 

 emarginated ; the gape as broad as high, and the sides compressed towards the tip ; the nostrils small, 

 placed near the base, and at an equal distance from the culmen and the lateral margin. Wings rather 

 long, reaching to the middle of the tail, and rounded. Tail long, the lateral feathers rather shorter than 

 the intermediate ones, and each one ending in a point. Tarsi short, and covered with broad scales. 

 Toes long, and armed with compressed, curved, and acute claws. 



The type of this genus is found in Madagascar. 



O. Bernieri I. Geoffr. Mag. de Zool. 1839. Ois. t. 4. 



Established by M. Isidore Geoffroy in 1839 {Mag. de Zool. 1839- Ois. t. 4.). 



December, 1845. 



