ORIOLUS XANTHONOTUS. 
Ord. 11^ Les Passereaux, Cuvier. 1™ Famille, Les Dentirostres. 
Ord. II de Omnivores, Temminck. 
Ord. II. PicjE, Linn. Syst. Sect. I. Pedibus ambulatoriis. 
Ord. II. Ambulatores, Ittiger, Fam. 14 Coraces. 
ORIOLUS, Linn, Lath. Ternm. &c. 
CORACIAS, Illiger. 
Char. gen. — Rostrum mediocre, validiusculum, cultratum, culmine rotundato, maxilla 
ad apicem subadunca, emarginata, mandibula apice incisa acuminata. Vibrissa 
rigidse patentes, in angulo labiali. Caput dense plumatum. Naves basales, laterales, 
nudae, membrana superne serniclausse, rima ovali longitudinali inferne apertae. 
Lingua cartilaginea, linearUlancealata, apice fimbriata. Ala longiuscula*, 
acuminate. Remtges: prima spuria, secunda subelongata, tertia longissima. Pedes 
ambulatorii, mediocres, congrui. Acropodia scutulata. 
Oriolus ater, pectore et ventre albidis nigro striatis, dorso uropygio scapulis axiUis 
crisso rectricibusque interne flavis, rostro rubescente, pedibus nigris. 
Attat, of the Javanese, in the eastern districts. 
Oriolus xanthonotus, Horsf. SysL Arrangement of Birds from Jam, Linn. Trans. 
Vol. XIIL p. 152. 
Yellow-backed Oriole, Gen. Hist, of Birds, by John Latham, M. D. Second Edition, 
1822, Vol III. p. 143. N. BE 
Oriolus macidatus, Le Loriot Grivele, Encyclopedic, art Ornithologie, p. 695, addu 
tion, &c. 1822. Tlie Female. 
THE Oriolus Xanthonotus has nothing to distinguish it from the true character 
of the genus Oriolus in the form of the bill and claws, or of the body. It is somewhat 
smaller than the Asiatic variety of the Oriolus Galbula of Latham, the Oriolus 
