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PASSERES. 
Earn. ORIOLID^. 
Bill rather long, wide at the base ; culmen curved towards the tip, which is distinctly notched. 
Nostrils exposed, linear in form, placed in front of the base of the bill and near the margin of 
the mandible. Tarsus considerably longer than the middle toe. Feet small. 
Sternum narrow in front, widening posteriorly, with a deep pointed notch in each half of 
the posterior edge ; the posterior part of the opening almost united. 
BJl „,th the characters of the family. Wings rather long, the 4th guill the longest; the 
stout coverirw Tnl T ‘“S* “ 1“““* 
the onto on • r .Tl, u ‘"'■'“verse scales. Feet rather small ,■ the lateral toes unequal, 
tile outei one joined at the base to the inner. 
OKioLus Dirnrsus. 
(TIIK BLACK-NAPED INDIAN ORIOLE.) 
Oriolus sinensis, Swains. An. in Menag. p. 342 (sub 0. coronatws) 
Onolm chin^^c 11..".), Jerd. Cat. B. S. India, Madr. Journ. 1869, x. p. 262 ; Swinhoe. 
i . A S. 1871, p. 374; Hume, Str. Feath. 1874, p. 477. 
Onohts indicus, Jerd. 111. Ind. Orn. pi. 15 (1847) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 216 (1849) • 
ayar et Kelaart, Prodromus, Cat. Birds Ceylon, App. p. 58 (1853); Horsf. & Moore’ 
(1854); Layard, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1854, xiii. 
Onolns dtffusus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds, hi. p. 197 (1877). ^ 
tail 4.0 to 4-1. tarsus 0-0. .14 toe CB, claw 
wings of the two examples 
including 
of the greater coverts 1 ^ ’^“‘terwmg bright yellow, as also the lesser wing-coverts, the" outer webs 
and edge of winir ntder tail-feathers; tips of the primary-coverts 
same as follows the e aforesaid parts, and the- outer webs of the secondaries marked with the 
edgiiiff on the onhrur, ° mnemost and those of the remaining feathers decreasing gradually to au 
Je, po.zJi:pTzzu'"':z‘7 "f'" 1 
named, jet-black. ’ P*^*’ ”^P®’ and tail, with the exception of the parts above 
Female. 
Back and scapulars slightly tinged with olivaceous. 
Youmj. Bill dusky or dingy pinkish. 
Lpper surface with the scapulars and those parts of the wing which are bright yellow in the adult dusky greenish 
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