Inhabits the neighbourhood of Port Essington, and only differs from the preceding species in having a shorter wing, a much larger bill, and the white spots at the tip of the lateral tail-feathers much smaller.
| 265. Oriolus flavovinctus | Vol. IV. Pl. 14. |
Genus Sphecotheres, Vieill.
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. | Vol. IV. Pl. 15. |
- 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.