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straight, very sharp, and inclining to a white colour, with two 
yellow spots in the front of the head. The claws black, with 
four toes, and the nails crooked ; the lower part of the neck is as 
yellow as the yolk of an egg, the upper part and the wings black, 
with eyes between chesnut colour and yellow; the rest of the 
body of a dark chesnut, with the tips of the feathers white. They. 
_ take short flights; for when they fly highest they do not ascend 
above 300 toises, forming a curve from the place whence they 
ascend to the point where they rest ; and though their wings are 
continually in motion, their velocity is not great. Those birds 
having perched themselves, begin to make the low sound Pocco- 
chycny ; they lower their heads, and. half-extending their wings, 
they grasp the branch with their claws, and suspend themselves 
_ from it, which movement they make every time they utter the 
ery: they feed on pulpy fruits. They are found on the moun- 
tains of the Andes, in low and warm places near towns and vil- 
lages. This species. belongs to the genus Oriolus of Linnwis. 
i _ EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
3 3 A fence os 
2, The curved germen surrounded at the base by the deespanolate eal ya. 
5. Part of the one-celled pericarpium, wiPiice Bs the projer tig, seed. 
4. The crane eS seed 
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