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Pj _ MERULIDA. — ORIOLINE 237 
Sericutus, Sw. Bill rather stout, resembling that of 
 Oriolus. Nostrils naked. Wings moderate ; the two 
first quills equally graduated ; the third nearly as 
long as the fourth. Tail moderate, even. Feet strong, 
_ robust. The tarsus much longer than the hind toe ; 
inner toe shortest. Australia. 
S. chrycocephalus. Lewin, pl. 1. 
Oriotvus, Linneus. Bill as long as the head ; broad at 
the base ; the tip distinctly notched, and somewhat 
hooked. Nostrils short, nearly naked; the aperture 
lateral, large, and oval. Wings rather lengthened ; 
the first quill very short; the second not quite so 
long as the third, which is usually the longest. 
Tarsus rather short ; longer than the hind toe and 
claw: the anterior scales divided. The Old World. 
Galbula. Pl. Enl. 26. Hodsonii. Part 5. No. 30. 
auratus. W. Af. ii. pl. 1. Zanthonotus. Horsf. Java. 
Sinensis. P]. Enl. 570. brachyrynchus. W. Af. ii. 
coronatus. Part 5. No. 181. viridis. Ency. Meth. 696. 
melanocephalus. O. d’Af. flavocinctus? L.T.xv. 327, 
2963. meruloides? Ib. xv. 327. 
Capensis.* O. d’ Af.261-2. Paradiceus. Edw. 112. 
Irena, Horsfield. Bill of Oriolus; but the culmen 
much raised, and considerably arched from the base, 
and rather hooked at the tip. Nostrils partly defended 
by short plumes, which cover the membrane. Rictus 
slightly bristled. Wings and tail as in Sericulus. 
Feet small. Tarsus very short, scarcely longer than 
the hind toe and claw ; the anterior and lateral scales 
entire. Inner toe rather the shortest. Rump feathers 
very thick, and slightly spinous. India. | 
I. puella. Horsf. Java. PI. col. 70. 
Duuvs, Vieillot. Bill very short, much compressed, 
but with the culmen elevated and arched. Commissure 
curved. Nostrils as in Oriolus. Wings rather short ; 
the first quill not half as long as the second; the 
* The various names given to this species, as dzcolor, monachus, and 
larvatus, being equally applicable to four others, I have ventured to desig- 
nate it by one which indicates its peculiar locality. : 
