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14. Oriolus melanocephalus. Linn. The Indian Black-headed Oriole. 



Ortolus melanocephalus: Muller p. 392; Oustalet 1903 p. 41; Robinson & Kloss p. 72; Gairdner p. 32; Barton 

 p. I0(i; Williamson 1 p. 43; Gyldenstolpe 1 p. 34; Gyldenstolpe II; Gyldenstolpe III p. 168; William- 

 son II p. 202; Gairdner p. 149. 



Sex 



Locality 



Tot. length 



Wing 



Tail 



Culmen 



Tarsus 



|):il.. 







mm. 



mm. 



mm. 



mm. 



mm. 





9 



Pak Koh 



214 



128 



80 



26 



21 



7« 



c? 



Pak Koh 



219 



136,5 



87,8 



26,5 



21 



31 /:, 



ef ]' UV. 



Koon Tan 



225 



124 



80,2 



20 



20,5 



W /9 



9 



Pak Koh 



215 



131 



84 



26,7 



20 



■'"I, 



9 



Pak Koh 



203 



125 



81 



24 



21 



V« 



tf> 



Koon Tan 



225 



128 



90 



28,5 



20 



8 /« 



rf 



Bång Hue Pong 



225 



135 



87 



28 



20 



■■/« 



d" 



Chnm Poo 



210 



120 



85 



26,5 



20 



% 



9 



Koh Lak 



205 



127,5 



81 



27 



20,5 



7« 



Irides: Crimson (young: brown). Bill: rosy pink (young: black). Legs: plumbeous (young: black). 



The Indian Black-headed Oriole is generally distributed över the whole country, 

 occuring in dense forests as well as in thin tree- and scrub-jungles. 



Davison states that in Tenasserim it was rare south of Mergui but I found it quite 

 common at Koh Lak and its neighbourhood why it seems to extend further south on the 

 Siamese side than on the Tenasserim one. 



One young male obtained at Koon Tan on the 16th of September has the bill 

 pure black while other young birds shot in March to June ha ve their bilis whitish pink 

 with a dusky tip. These are probably birds of the last year which seems to indicate 

 that the Orioles only assume the plumage of the fully adult birds in their second year. 



Fam. Eulabetidae. 



15. Gracula javana intermedia. A. Hay. The Burmese Talking Mynah. 



Eulabes intermedia: Muller p. 388; Barton p. 106; Gyldenstolpe I p. 34; Gyldenstolpe II; Gairdner p. 149. 



Eulabes intermedius: Robinson & Kloss p. 67; Robinson II p. 150. 



Gracula intermedia: Schomburgk p. 255. 



Gracula javana javana: Parrot p. 114. 



Gracula javana intermedia: Gyldenstolpe III p. 168; Robinson III p. 758. 



J 1 Pak Koh 85 /s 1914. L = 273 mm.; W = 156 mm.; T = 84 mm.; C = 23 mm. - - $ Koon Tan 

 3 /g 1914. L = 275 mm.; W = 153 mm.; T = 88 mm.; C = 23 mm. — <f Koon Tan 17 / 5 1914. L = 265 

 mm.; W = 158 mm.; T = 84 mm.; C = 25 mm. — Irides: brown. Bill: orange red (tip of upper mandible 

 yellow). Legs: yellow. 



This species was very abundant in the Northern parts of the country but only in 

 the well-wooded districts. 



The »Nok khon tong » as it is called in Siamese is a very common cage-bird among 

 the natives and it is even highly appreciated by the European residents. 



