MOTTLED ORIOLE. 411 



Work of Giraldus Cambrensis* mention is made of 

 a bird called Aureolus, which may perhaps be in- 

 tended for the present species, and which might 

 have appeared in the principality of Wales more 

 frequently in those times than at present. 



Far J 



BLACK-HEADED ORIOLE. 



Oriolus melanocephalus. Lin. This, which is 

 described and figured by Edwards, under the title 

 of the Black-Headed Indian Icterus, differs in 

 having the whole head and throat black, the greater 

 quills black, longitudinally streaked with yellow; 

 the tail and bilLreddish, and the legs dusky. It is 

 a native of Madras. 



Va r. 9 



MOTTLED ORIOLE. 



This is also described and figured by Edwards^ 

 under the title of Yellow Indian Starling; and is 

 of the size of a Jay, with the top of the head 

 black, the throat spotted with black, and the body 

 yellow, variegated with black; the upper and under 

 tail-coverts the same, and the wing-coverts, quills, 

 and tail blackish. Inhabits Madras. 



* This author relates, that when himself and his attendants 

 Were passing along a deep and irregular valley between Caernar- 

 von and Bangor^ they heard, in an adjoining wood, the bird called 

 Aureolus from the golden colour of its plumage, snd which, at 

 certain seasons, utters a sweet whistling note instead of a song. 

 See Hoare's Giraldus Cambrensis. vol. 2. chap. 6. 



