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considerably longer than the toes ; hind-toe strong, lateral toes equal; 
plumage dense and silky. 
Pycnoptiltjs floccosus. 
General plumage brown, inclining to rufous on the lower part of 
the back, upper tail-coverts and tail; forehead, lores, throat and breast 
dark reddish buff, with a very narrow crescent of dark brown at the 
tip of each feather ; centre of the abdomen greyish brown, crossed by 
crescentic bands, of black ; flanks and vent brown, passing into deep 
rufous on the under tail-coverts ; bill brown; base of the under man¬ 
dible fleshy brown ; legs and feet fleshy brown. 
- Total length, 7 inches; bill, -§-; wing, 2f; tail, 3; tarsi, 1-^. 
Hab. Interior of New South Wales. 
8. Descriptions of two new species of Oriole. 
By Charles Lucien, Prince Bonaparte. 
Orioles Broderipii, Bp. (Aves, PI. XVIII.) O. vivide flavo- 
aurantius; corona occipitalis alis, rectricibusque ad basim me - 
diis dnabus fere omnino nigris ; speculo alariflavo. 
Hah. in insula Sumbava. 
Magistratui illustri, litium Conciliatori intricatissimarum, qui inti- 
mas Doctrinse Naturalis recessus Populo humanissime patefacit! 
After the separation of aureus and regens this new species is cer¬ 
tainly the most splendid of the true Orioli, of which I know fifteen 
species. It must therefore stand first in the series coming from 
Sericulus. Its nearest approach is 0. cochinchinensis (hippo crepis, 
Wagl.), similar in form and stature. But in addition to its even 
stouter bill, the general orange hue and the yellow spot on the wing 
will at once distinguish our Broderipii. 
Having dedicated an Oriole to Broderip, I dedicate a second new 
species to our Italian Broderip, Professor Fr. Barafii of Turin, the 
celebrated and learned traveller. 
Oriolus Baraffii, Bp. O. flavo-olivaceus ; cervice, corporeque 
subtus flavissimis ; capite, nucha, juguloque nigerrimis ; alis 
nigris, speculo anguste albo; rectricibus nigris, apice externa- 
rum magis magisque flavis. 
Bab. Ashantee. 
This bird, received at the Leyden Museum from the West Coast 
of Africa, is similar in stature and colour to Oriolus moloxita, Rupp, 
of the Eastern Coast, but well distinguished by the conical marking 
on the tail, which is similar to that of the common Oriole, the Bro¬ 
deripii, and chinensis, entirely wanting on the tail of O. moloxita. 
