142 ORIOLE. 



59. -NUN ORIOLE. 



Turdus Monacha, Ind. Orn. i. 357. Gm. Lint i. 824. 

 Le Moloxita, cm la Religieuse d'Abissinie, Buf. iii. 406. 

 Loriot Coudougnan, Levail. Afr. vi. 52. pi. 261. 262. 

 Nun Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. p. 77. 



SIZE of a Blackbird. Bill reddish ; head black, descending on 

 the throat, and ending in a point on the breast ; upper parts of the 

 body yellow, more or less tinged with brown ; the under pale yellow; 

 wing coverts and tail feathers brown, bordered with yellow, the end 

 rounded ; quills blackish, edged with light grey ; legs cinereous. 



Inhabits the woods of Abyssinia, and feeds on berries and fruits ; 

 found frequently on trees, growing on the edges of precipices, which 

 renders it difficult to shoot, or to obtain afterwards. M. Levaillant 

 says, the female is smaller, the colours more dull, and the young 

 even more so ; found very abundant in all the forests East of Africa, 

 from Brak Rivier to the Caffres ; the nest of twigs, fine roots, and 

 moss, lined with feathers; eggs dirty white, with brown spots, encircling 

 the larger end; the notes very agreeable, and it imitates those of 

 other birds, its own supposed to resemble the word Coudougnan. 

 Mr. Salt met with this at Mozambique, on a mango tree. 



60— STRIPED-HEADED ORIOLE. 



Oriolus radiatus, Ind. Orn. i. 188. Gm.Lin.i. 384. Shaw's Zool. vii; 443. 



capite striato, Bris. ii. 332. Id. Svo. i. 249. 



Merula bicolor, Aldrov. ii. 624. Raii 67. Will. 144. 

 Loriot a tete rayee, Buf.'m. 265. 

 Striped-headed Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 453. 



LESS than a Blackbird. Bill reddish yellow ; head, and neck 

 before black, the feathers tipped with white ; hind part of the neck, 



