ORIOLE. 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. ITI., p. 188. 1877 ; Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. 
Birds, p. 32, 1888; Hall, Key Birds Austr., p. 10, 1899; Campbell, Nests and 
Eggs Austr. Birds, Vol I., p. 79, 1901 ; Hall, Emu, Vol I., p. 106, 1902 (N.W.A.); 
Lo Souef, Vol II., p. 87, 1902 (N.T.); Macgillivray, i6., Vol X., pp. 217-233, 
1910 (N.QO; Broadbent, p. 238 (N.Q.); HiU, ib., p. 290, 1911 (N.W.A.); 
E. W. Barnard, tfc., Vol XT., p. 210, 1912 (Q.); Hill, i&., Vol XII., p. 261, 1913 
(N.T.); Campbell and Kershaw, i6., p. 276 ; Macgillivray, f6., Vol XIII., p. 182, 
1914 (N.Q.); Barnard, z6., Vol XIV., p. 50. 1914 (N.T.); H. L. White, Vol. XVI., 
p. 230, 1917 (Q.) ; Campbell and Barnard, ib., Vol XVII., p. 35, 1917 (Q.) ; 
Macgilli\Tay, ib., p. 208, 1918 (Q.) ; Harvey Bros., ib., Vol. XIX., p. 42, 1919 (Q.). 
Mimeia affinis Gould, Handb, Birds Austr., Vol. I., p. 465, 1865; Ramsay, Proc. Zool 
See. (Lond.) 1875, p. 593; id., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol II., p. 188, 1878; 
id., Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 11, 1888; Campbell, Emu, Vol. XX., p. 65, 1920 (Q.). 
Mimeta sagittata Robinson and Laverock, Ibis, 1900, p. 615 ; North, Austr. Mus. Spec. 
Cat., No. 1, Vol I., p. 75, 1902 ; Gogerley, Emu, Vol. XXI., p. 315, 1922, 
Oriolus Sagittarius (error) Mathews, Hand!. Birds Austral, p. 104, 1908; id.. Emu, 
Vol IX., p. 16, 1909 (N.W.A.); Cleland, ib., p. 226, 1910 (Food); id., Vol XL, 
p. 93, 1911 (Food); id., Vol XIL, p. 17, 1912 (Food). 
Oriohs sagiitatus sagittatn-s Mathews, Nov. Zool, Vol XVIII., p. 434, Jan. 31st, 1912; 
Meinertzhagen, Ibis, 1923, p. 86. 
Oriolus sagiUattis subafjinis Mathews, Nov. Zool, Vol. XVIII,, p. 435 : Cooktown, North 
Queensland; i<Z., Austral Av. Rec., Vol I., p. 63, 1912 (Eggs) ; id.. South Austr. 
Oni., Vol II., p. 60, 1915. 
Oriolus sagiitatus afjinis Mathews, Nov. Zool, Vol XVIII., p. 435, Jan. 31st, 1912; 
Meinertzhagen, Ibis, 1923, p. 87. 
Oriohis sagittatns hlaauwi Mathews, Nov. Zool, Vol XVIII., p. 434, Jan. 31st, 1912 ; 
Napier Broome Bay, North-west Australia. 
Mimeta sagittata sagittata Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 305, 1913 ; Belcher, Birds Greelong, 
p. 363, 1914. 
Mimeta sagittata subaiJinis Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 305, 1913. 
Mimeia sagittata affinis Mathews, ib. 
Mimeia sagittata hlaauwi Mathews, ib. ; id.. South Austr. Orn., Vol III., p. 228, 1918. 
Amimeia sagittata Mathews, Austral Avian Record, Vol. III., p. 68, 1916. 
Amimeta sagittata sagittata Mathews, ib. 
Amimeia sagittata sxihaffinis Mathews, ib. 
Amimeta sagittata affinis Mathews, ib. 
Amimeta sagiiiaia hlaauwi Mathews, ib. 
Distribution. Northern Australia running down to the east into Victoria and South 
Australia, and on the west to Derby and Mungi, North-west Australia. 
Adult male. Feathers of the upper-surface of the body light grey, suffused with greenish- 
olive, each feather with a mesial shaft-stripe of blackish, wider and more pronounced 
on the head and becoming paler towards the upper tail-coverts, which are almost 
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