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the rest of the body, and beneath, fine yellow ; the two middle tail 

 feathers yellow from the base to the middle, then black, with a 

 yellow tip ; the next yellow, with a large spot of black on the inner 

 web, near the end, the others wholly yellow, shafts of all whitish ; 

 legs dusky. 



That figured by Albin had the throat and neck before marked 

 with minute brown streaks ; a variation arising from age or sex. 



One of these, in General Hardwicke's collection of drawings, 

 said to be a female, had the head partially black, being dark 

 green, with black streaks ; general plumage pale yellow ; greater 

 wing coverts here and there streaked with dusky; quills dusky, 

 margined with yellow ; middle of the tail feathers marked irregularly 

 with dusky ; the forehead yellow ; chin and throat white, the latter 

 marked with a few narrow dusky streaks ; bill black. 



Found at Calcutta ; also at Madras, and other parts of India ; 

 called, on the Coast of Coromandel, Peercol and Peerool,* at 

 Calcutta, Peeluck. M. Levaillant found it within the Cape of Good 

 Hope, in the woods near Groote Vis Riviere, and the Gamtoos. 

 Nest and eggs unknown. 



58— MOTTLED ORIOLE. 



Icterus Maderaspatanus naevius, Bris. ii. 91. Id. 8vo. p. 180. Shaiv's Zool. vii. 411. 



Ind. Orn. i. 187. y. 

 Pica maderaspatana, Mottled Jay, Rail 195. 1. 1, f. 7. Gen. Syn.W. 451. B. 



LENGTH near eight inches. Bill reddish brown ; forehead, to 

 the eyes, bright yellow ; the rest of the head, throat, and neck 

 black ; the plumage otherwise fine yellow, dotted with black ; upper 

 wing coverts, quills, and tail black. 



Inhabits Madras : Is called, by the Gentoos, Cundoe Vanga 

 Pandooe. 



* The Golden Thrush is called in Silesia, Pirohle. — See Kramer. 



