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Subfamily ORIOLINA, G. R. Gray.

Genus Ortoxus, Linn.

 

Typical Orioles are widely distributed over Europe, Africa, Asia, the Indian Islands and Australia, but none
have yet been discovered in Polynesia or America.
Three species inhabit Australia, two of which are figured; the third from the northern part of the country is

so nearly allied to the O viridis, that a description alone will be sufficient.

263. Oriolus viridis, Gould. 3 : : . ‘ 3 : : : : : ; Walle IAW, Tle 18.
264. Oriolus affinis, Gould.

Inhabits the neighbourhood of Port Essington, and only differs from the preceding species in having a shorter
a much larger bill, and the white spots at the tip of the lateral tail-feathers much smaller.

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265. Oriolus flavovinctus : : : : : ; 2 : : E : i ' VO) em Vee lee

Genus SpuHecorueres, ied//.

Australia presents us with a single species of this genus; others inhabit New Guinea and the neighbouring

 

islands ; but as yet we have no evidence of the form occurring on the continent of India.

266. Sphecotheres Australis, Swains.  . : : : ; : : : : : ol IVES ele oe
Turdus maxillaris, Lath. Gen. Hist. vol. v. p. 129 ?
Nothing whatever is known of the nidification of this bird ; in all probability it will prove to be very similar to

that of the Orioles.

Family

Genus Corcorax, Less.

A genus containing only one species which possesses many singular habits; its actions among the branches,

its mode of progression over the ground, and its nidification, being equally remarkable.
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267s Conconaxeleucopienicnaa: : : ; : : : : : : : : Wool, II. Il. 16.

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Genus Srruraipea, Gould.

Generic characters.

Bill shorter than the head, robust, swollen, arched above, deeper than broad; gonys angular ; nostrils basal,
lateral, round and open; wings moderate, round, first primary short, the fourth and fifth the longest; secondaries
long and broad; tarsi scutellated in front, plain behind; toes long and strong, the outer one longer than the inner
one; claws strong, compressed and much curved.

The only known species of this form is confined to the interior of the southern and eastern parts of Australia,

where it inhabits stony ridges, and is mostly observed on the Calhitris.

268. Struthidea cinerea, Gould : ’ ; é . ; : : é : Wo Ae lee
In my account of this species, I have stated that its actions are very similar to those of the Corcorax leuco-
pterus, and the following extract from Mr. Gilbert’s Journal of his overland journey to Port Essington shows that
the two birds assimilate still more closely in their nidification :—
“* Oct. 19.—Strolled about in search of novelties, and was amply repaid by finding the eggs of Struthidea
cinerea. I disturbed the bird several times from a rosewood-tree growing in a small patch of scrub, and felt assured
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