PASSE RES. 



GOLDEN ORIOLE. 



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ORIOIJDJi. 



Oriolus galbula, Linnaeus*. 



THE GOLDEN ORIOLE. 



Oriolus f/albul(t. 



Oriolus, Linnet us f. — Bill long, conical, and at the base moderately broad, 

 decurving to the point which is notched ; nostrils basal, lateral, naked, pierced 

 horizontally in an extended membrane. Wings long, with the first quill short ; 

 the third or fourth the longest in the wing. Tail moderate, slightly rounded. 

 Tarsi covered iu front with broad scales, shorter than or only as long as the 

 middle toes, which are joined at the base to the outer toes. 



Like the species last described, though much more rare, 

 the Goklen Oriole is also a summer-visitor to Britain, a few 



Syst. Nat. Ed. T2, i. p. 160. 



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f Lor. r/'t. 



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