It is impossible to generalize from a single specimen as to the position this bird should hold, but this one egg renders it quite certain to my mind that the nearest allies of Irena are neither oriolus nor Chloropsis, and that it is quite impossible to place it with the Dicruridae.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume
oriolus kundoo, Sykes, Jerd.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume
472. oriolus ceylonensis, Bonap.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume