140 ORIOLE. 



eye to eye ; wing coverts yellow instead of black ; quills black, more 

 or less, from the base, the rest of the length yellow, the latter 

 occupying more space as the feathers are outward, the exterior 

 being nearly all yellow ; legs black. 



The female differs in having the colours less bright. 



Inhabits Cochin China, and there called Gouliavan ; found also 

 at Java, and called by the natives Kepodang. 



56 —INDIAN ORIOLE. 



Oriolus Indicus, Bris. ii. 328. Id. 8vo. i. 24S. Shaw's Zool. vii. 412. Ind. Orn. i. 



188. i. 

 Chlorio Indicus, Aldr.Ao. i. t. 862. Johnst. p. 80. t. 41. 

 Loriot des Indes, Buf. iii. 264. III. Gen. Syn. ii. 452. D. 



THE bill and legs in this bird are red, but in plumage it does 

 not vary considerably from the last described ; and like that, has the 

 horse-shoe mark from the angles of the mouth, passing over the 

 crown ; the wings are marked with bluish longitudinal spots, and a 

 band of blue across the middle of the tail. 



Inhabits the East Indies : varies but very little from the last. 



57.— BLACK-HEADED ORIOLE. 



Oriolus melanocephalus, Lin. i. 160. Gm. Lin. i. 383. Shaw's Zool. vii. 411. Ind. 



Orn. i. 187. /3. 

 Oriolus Bengalensis, Bris. ii. 329. Id. Svo. i. 249. 

 Pica Americ. luteo-nigra varia, Gerini. ii. t. 158. 

 Loriot, Tern. Man. Anal. pi. 54. 

 Loriot de la Chine, Buf. iii. 262. II. Pl.enl. 79. 

 Loriot Rieur, Levail. Afr. vi. p. 55. pi. 263. 

 Yellow Starling from Bengal, Alb. ii. pi. 41. 

 Black-headed Icterus, Ediv. pi. 77. Gen. Syn. ii. 451. A. Nat. Misc. 473. 



LENGTH nearly nine inches. Bill red ; irides hazel ; head and 

 throat deep black; quills black, marked longitudinally with yellow ; 



