YELLOW ORIOLE. 
Ince, R.N., subsequently obtained an additional example in the same locality. 
All the information that has reached me respecting its habits and economy 
is contamed in a short note sent to me by Gilbert, wliich merely states that 
liis specimens were obtained hi the forests of mangroves borderhig the coast.” 
]VIr. J. P. Rogers’ notes from Melville Island, Northern Territory, read: 
“Cooper’s Camp, Nov. 20th, 1911: On the 28th Oct. I saw a nest of 
this species; it was built of paper-bark and placed hi a fork near the end 
of a thhi, horizontal limb at the height of thirty-five feet from the ground. 
This bird is common on the Island, usually near creeks or other places 
where the growth is fairly dense. Was still very common on Dec. 16th. 
This species was very common on the north side of the Island, especially 
in the paper-bark trees in and along the edges of the big swamp. Several 
nests were found, all of which contained two eggs each.” 
McLemian’s notes, recorded by H. L. White on his King River trip, read : 
“ Glyde River, 11/9/15: Noted in small patches of tangled scrub on ridges. 
Liverpool River, 21/9/15: Occasional bird noted along river. Kuig River: 
Occasionally seen in mangroves and in small patches of scrub. Howard Island 
Charmel, 31/1/16 : Heard in mangroves. Port Bradshaw, 5/2/16: Few seen 
and heard about small patches of scrub. Stomach, remains of small figs and 
skins and seeds of other fruits. Two small worms in abdominal cavity.” 
Macgilhvray has ■written : “ A very common bird at Cape York, frequenting 
scrubs and mangroves, but preferring to nest in the open pockets, where it 
usually selects a small tree, the nest being generally placed at a height of from 
5 to 20 feet from the grotmd. It also nests in the mangroves just above high- 
water mark, and occasionally in the scrub. The nest is a pensile structure of 
bark, and as a rule one long streamer of bark of from one to two feet in length 
hangs from it. Nests were found from November to February. Two eggs 
form a clutch.” Later, he recorded: “ Was a common bird on the Claudie. 
On a bright day in the scrub the pleasant, hquid, bubbhng notes are heard on 
every side. On the 8th January we found a nest on a tree near the bank of the 
river at about 20 feet from the ground; it contained the usual clutch of 
two eggs. On the 28th of the same month, when wandering in dense mangroves 
do-nm the river, we came across another nest hanging in a small horizontal 
branch, at about 8 feet from the ground. The nest was constructed of strips 
of paper-bark and lined with fibres and rootlets. It also contained eggs. 
Judging by the stomach contents, the usual food consists of wild fiuits. A 
few were noted in the scrub along the Archer River.” 
Campbell and Barnard have -written from Rockingham Bay : “ The scrubs, 
especially by the streams, appeared to be the home of this handsome Oriole. 
The birds were so numerous in parts that at the early morn ‘ babel of bird 
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