See also:

• ORIOLE (O. Fr. Oriol, Lat. aureolus)

ORIOLE (O. Fr. Oriol, See also:

• LAT

Lat. aureolus)  , the name once applied to a See also:

• BIRD

bird, from its See also:

• GOLDEN

golden colouring—the Orioles galbula of See also:

• LINNAEUS

Linnaeus—but now commonly used in a much wider sense . The golden See also:

• ORIOLE (O. Fr. Oriol, Lat. aureolus)

oriole, which is the type of the Passerine See also:

• FAMILY

family Oriolidae, is a far from uncommon See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring-visitor to the See also:

• BRITISH

British Islands, but has very rarely bred there . On the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe it is a well-known if not an abundant bird, and its range in summer extends so far to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east as See also:

• IRKUTSK

Irkutsk, while in See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter it is found in See also:

• NATAL

Natal and See also:

• DAMARALAND

Damaraland . In See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India it is replaced by a closely allied See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, O. kundoo, the See also:

• MANGO

mango-bird, chiefly distinguishable by the male possessing a See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black streak behind as well as in front of the See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye; and both in See also:

• ASIA

Asia and See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa are several other See also:

• SPECIES

species more or less resembling O. galbula, but some depart considerably from that type, assuming a black See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head, or even a glowing See also:

• CRIMSON

crimson, instead of the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary yellow colouring, while others again remain See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant to the dingy type of plumage which characterizes the See also:

• FEMALE

female of the more normal form . Among these last are the aberrant species of the See also:

• GROUP

group Mimetes or Mimeta, belonging to the Australian Region, respecting which A . R . See also:

• WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL (1823— )
• WALLACE, LEWIS [LEW] (1827—1905)
• WALLACE, SIR RICHARD
• WALLACE, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1270-1305)
• WALLACE, WILLIAM (1768-1843)
• WALLACE, WILLIAM (1844-1897)
• WALLACE, WILLIAM VINCENT (1814-1865)

Wallace pointed out, first in the Zoological Society's Proceedings (1863, pp . 26-28), and afterwards in his See also:

• MALAY

Malay See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

Archipelago (ii. pp . 150-153), the very curious signs of " See also:

• MIMICRY

mimicry " (see See also:

• HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

HONEY-EATER) . It is a singular circumstance that this group Mimeta first received its name from P . P . See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King (Survey, &'c. of See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia, ii .

417) under the belief that the birds composing it belonged to the family Meliphagidae, which had assumed the See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of orioles, whereas Wallace's investigations tend to show that the See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation (unconscious, of course) is on the See also:

• PART

part of the latter . The See also:

• EXTERNAL

external similarity of the Mimeta and the Tropidorhynchus of the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Bourn, oneof the See also:

• MOLUCCAS, or SPICE ISLANDS

Moluccas, is perfectly wonderful, and has again and again deceived some of the best ornithologists, though the birds are structurally far apart . Another genus which has been referred to the Oriolidae, and may here be mentioned, is Sphecotheres, See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar to the Australian Region, and distinguishable from the more normal orioles by a See also:

• BARE

bare space See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the eye . Orioles are shy and restless birds, frequenting gardens and See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

woods, and living on See also:

• INSECTS

insects and See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit . The See also:

• NEST

nest is See also:

• POCKET

pocket-shaped, of bark, grass and See also:

• FIBRES
• FIBRES (or FIBERS, in American spelling; from Lat. fibra, apparently connected either with filum, thread, or findere, to split)

fibres, and the eggs are See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white or See also:

• SALMON
• SALMON, GEORGE (1819-1904)

salmon-coloured with dark spots . The " See also:

• AMERICAN

American orioles " (see See also:

• ICTERUS

IcTERUS) belong to a different Passerine family, the Icteridae . (A .