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I observed another in the collection of Mr. Brogden, in which 

 was a very minute notch near the tip of the bill; the feathers of the 

 neck and breast of a downy or loose texture ; second quills white at the 

 ends, the outer edges of the prime ones whitish ; tail feathers, the 

 two middle ones excepted, white at the ends for full one inch. 

 Whether these slight differences refer to sex, or are Varieties, is quite 

 uncertain. 



6 —SOUTHERN ORIOLE. 



LENGTH fourteen inches. Bill stout, slightly curved, with a 

 minute notch at the tip, nostrils linear ; tongue bifid at the end, full 

 as long as the bill ; irides yellow orange ; head and throat dusky 

 green ; upper part of the neck, body, and wings olive-green, the 

 middle of each feather marked with a narrow dusky streak ; throat, 

 breast, and belly, dusky white, marked with longish dusky streaks ; 

 vent plain ; wings as the back, the margins of the feathers whitish ; 

 greater quills black ; tail longish, rounded at the end, olive ; the 

 wings reach to one-fourth beyond the base ; legs stout, dusky blue. 



Inhabits New South Wales : manners unknown. One of these in 

 a drawing had four of the outer feathers of the tail tipped on the inner 

 webs with a spot of white ; legs black. 



7— RUFF-NECKED ORIOLE. 



LENGTH fifteen inches or more. Bill one inch and a half, stout, 

 and pointed at the tip, the base above passing far back into the 

 forehead, and rounded behind; general colour of the plumage fine 

 glossy black, with a tinge of violet, green, and copper, in different 



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