ON THE POSITION OF OCYPTERUS SANGUINOLENTUS. 
distinctly among the Orioles the representation of the Jcterine 
form in the Old World. Of the habits of Psaropholus we have yet 
no knowledge, but Analcipus sanguinolentus is almost entirely 
fructivorous. In a very interesting account of an expedition to the 
interior of the north-west of Sumatra by S. Muller, we haye the 
following note of its habits: “This bird shows as great a dif- 
ference in its habits from the true Ocypteri as it does in its whole 
appearance and formation. It is a real inhabitant of the wood, 
and resembles most in its habits some species of the genus Oriolus 
and Paradisea. Its food consists almost exclusively of wild fruits, 
especially figs; some remains of caterpillars and other insects are 
very rarely found in its,stomach. There are sufficient grounds 
for making this a new genus, for which perhaps the name of 
Philocarpus would not be unsuitable.” * 
* Tigdschrift yoor Natuurlijke geschiedenis en Physiologie. Wan der Heven, 
1835, p. 331. 
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