Ibis

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Identifier: ibis67brit (find matches)
Title: Ibis
Year: 1859 (1850s)
Authors: British Ornithologists' Union
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: (London) Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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898. (No.13.) b. S. Arriro, Abyssinia, 18 February, 1899. (No.843.) c. S Ticka Tcheeka, Abyssinia, 22 February, 1899.(No. 366.) Irides red ; bill and legs black. 9. OllIOLUS AURATUS. Oriolus auraius Vieill.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Bnt. jSIus. iii.p. 195 (1877). a. S. Blue Nile, 15 May, 1899. (No. 521.) Irides red ; bill brown; legs dark. (This bird w^as only observed in the valley of the Blue Nile,always in pairs and very difficult to approach.—L.) 10. Oriolus meneliki. (Plate 11.) Oriolus meneliki Weld-Blundell & Lovat, Bull. B. O. C.vol. X. p. xix (1899). a. Burka, Abyssinia, 6 January, 1899. (No. 126.)Type of the species.) This fine species closely resembles 0. monachus Gmel., butmay be at once distinguished by the colour of the bill, whichis uniform deep black. The greater secondary Aving-covertsand some of the lesser wing-coverts are, moreover, clearlyedged with golden yellow, whereas in 0. monachus they arealways uniform, and the subterminal markings on the third TJois.lBOO.Pl.n.
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J.G.Xeuleinajs cLel.et.TitK. ORIOLUS MENELIKI MjTit errv Br o s. imp. from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 123 fourth^ and fifth tail-feathers extend over both webs and areof a deep black. Iris brown ; bill black ; legs slate. Total lengtb 100 inches^ culnien 1*1, wing 56, tail 40;tarsus 0 95. (This Oriole is a native of the thickets south of theHawash Valley. It is locally plentiful^ and is always metwith singly or in pairs feeding on a forest-tree with yellowleaves (name unknown), and, notwithstanding its brightcolour, is difficult to see. The note is a melodious whistle,something like that of Graucalus purus, and the answer is aharsh double note.—L.) 11. Vidua principalis. Vidua pjindpalis (Linn.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. JSIus. xiii.p. 203 (1890) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 4G3. a. c?. Gerru, Abyssinia, 6 February, 1899. (No. 295.)Iris brown; bill red ; legs dark. 12. LiNURA FISCHERI. Linura Jischeri Beichen. ; Sharpe, Cat, B. Brit. Mus. xiii.p. 210 (1890); id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 4

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