YELLOW ORIOLE. 
Mimeia flavocincta kingi Mathews, ib, ; id,. South Austr. Orn., Vol. IT., p. 60, 1915. 
Amimeta flavocincta Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., p. 68, 1916. 
Amimeta flavocincta flavocincta Mathews, ih. 
Amimeta flavocincta 'parryi Mathews, ih, 
Amimeta flavocincta Idngi Mathews, ih, 
Amimeta flavocincta niadaraszi Mathews, ih, 
Neomimeta flavocincta Mathews, ih, 
Neomimeia flavocincta flavocincta Mathews, ib, 
Neomimeta flavocincta parryi Mathews, ih, 
Necnnimeta flavocincta khigi Mathews, ib, 
Neomimeta flavocincta niadaraszi Mathews, ib. 
Distribution, Northern Tropical Australia from Napier Broome Bay on the west to 
Cooktown, Queensland, on the east. 
Adult mate. Feathers of the fore-head dark grey, mixed with a few olive-green feathers ; 
whole of the upper-surface of the body, including the lesser wing-coverts dull olive- 
green ; feathers of the head and neck with blackish shaft-streaks, becoming broader 
on the mantle and back where they take the form of broad arrow-shaped markings, 
and on the rump and upper tail-coverts almost obsolete; two central pairs of 
tail-feathers greyish-olive, fringed on the outer webs with greenish-olive; outer 
pairs of tail-feathers brownish-black, bordered on the outer w^eb with greenish- 
olive, with a large spot of safEron-j^ellow on the inner w’eb and a smaller spot of 
the same colour on the outer w^eb at the tip; cliin blackish ; throat, fore-neck 
and breast bright olive-green, becoming golden-yellow on the belly and imder tail- 
coverts, with black centres to the feathers of the tlnoat and wide black shaft-streaks 
on the feathers of the chest ; imder -wing-coverts and axillaiies oUve-yellow'; under¬ 
surface of the w'ing ash-grey, widely margined on the iimer web with canary-yellow. 
Eyes red, feet leaden-grey, bill fleshy-brown. Total length 285 mm.; cuhnen 27, wing 
141, tail 105, tarsus 27. Figured. Collected on Parry’s Creek, North-west Australia, 
on the 3rd of September, 1908, and is the type of parryi. 
Adult female. Lores, fore-head and crown greenish-olive with wide black middles to the 
feathers, a ring of bright greenish-olive round the hind-neck; wing-coverts, mantle 
and back black with olive-green margins to the feathers ; rump bright olive-green ; 
upper tail-coverts of the same colour as the back but with blackish markings down 
the shafts ; wing-coverts and secondaries brownish-black, bordered -with yellowish- 
white ; primaries blackish-brown, narrowdy margined on the outer web and suffused 
with yellowish-olive over the greater part of the iimer web; chin, tluoat, sides of 
the face, neck and chest dark greenish-olive with well-marked black shaft-streaks; 
breast, belly and sides of the body ohve-yellow with dull blackish shaft-streaks ; 
abdomen and under tail-coverts lighter olive-yellow; under wing-coverts and 
axillaries olive-yellow; under-surface of wings brownish-olive, widely margined 
on the inner w'eb with greenish-yellow. Eyes red, feet and tarsi leaden-blue, bill 
fleshy-brown. Total length 263 mm.; culmen 30, wing 135, tail 100, tarsus 28. 
Figured. Collected on Melville Island, Northern Territorj% on the 11th of November, 
1911. 
Immature male. Head dark olive-green, each feather with a broad central streak of black, 
becoming broader on the back of the neck; upper back and mantle olive-green 
with large blackish-brown centres to the feathers, producing a heavily spotted 
appearance; rump and upper tail-coverts golden olive-green with blackish-brown 
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