. Companion to Gould's Handbook; or, Synopsis of the birds of Australia. Containing nearly one-third of the whole, or about 220 examples, for the most part from the original drawings . ORIOLU^ V. Iesceiit ih-A^vkad Oiiole. ^_^^^.^.. Green O riole 01U0LU8 VliiiDIS. (Green Oriole.) Head and all the upper surface, jellowish olive; primaries, blackish brown, narrowly margined on the external webs with light grey;secondaries, tertiaries, and spurious wing, margined and tipped with whitish grey ; under surface, white, washed with olive yellow on thesides of the chest, and
. Companion to Gould's Handbook; or, Synopsis of the birds of Australia. Containing nearly one-third of the whole, or about 220 examples, for the most part from the original drawings . ORIOLU^ V. Iesceiit ih-A^vkad Oiiole. ^_^^^.^.. Green O riole 01U0LU8 VliiiDIS. (Green Oriole.) Head and all the upper surface, jellowish olive; primaries, blackish brown, narrowly margined on the external webs with light grey;secondaries, tertiaries, and spurious wing, margined and tipped with whitish grey ; under surface, white, washed with olive yellow on thesides of the chest, and with a tear-shaped spot of black down the centre of each feather; tail, grey—all but the two centralfeathers largely tipped with white on the inner webs, and the inner webs softening from deep black next the shaft into grey at the margins;bill, light reddish brown; irides, reddish orange; feet, grey. Length, lOf inches; wing, 6f ; tail, 4f ; bill, 1\ ; tarsus, |. This species is confined to the colonies of New South Wales and Queensland, being tolerably plentiful in some known to feed upon insects, it is to be regarded as a genuine fruit eater. It is particularly partial to the wild fig, and, in situatio
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