ORIOLE. 143 



back, ruinp, and upper tail coverts reddish yellow ; beneath the 

 body the same, but paler ; wing coverts and quills black, edged with 

 white; tail reddish yellow ; legs yellow, claws reddish. 



Country uncertain ; probably belongs to the last described. — ■ 

 Among the birds brought from Abyssinia, by Mr. Salt, is one 

 apparently between the two : in this last the tail is greatly rounded, 

 the two middle feathers greenish olive, ends fringed with yellow ; the 

 next the same, with a dusky tip ; the others black, with yellow ends; 

 the yellow having most space on the outer feathers. 



61— YELLOW-BACKED ORIOLE. 



Oriolus Xanthonotus, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 15'2. 



LENGTH six inches and a half. Bill red; plumage chiefly 

 black ; the belly whitish, streaked with black ; scapulars, axillaries, 

 rump, vent, and inner part of the tail feathers yellow ; legs black. 



Inhabits Java. 



