PART II. 



ORIOLES. Icterii. 



CHAPTER I. 



ICTERIC ORIOLE, OR TROUPIAL. GOLDEN- 

 WINGED ORIOLE. Icterus . 



THE Icteric, which so closely resembles 

 the Golden-winged Oriole of South Ame- 

 rica, is a native of the East Indies, one 

 half larger in size and rather more bril- 

 liant in plumage than his brother, the 

 Baltimore-bird of this country. He pos- 

 sesses a greater power, though not the 

 same sweetness of song as the last. 



The treatment both of this and the 

 Golden-winged Oriole, which although a 

 distinct species, is often mistaken for, and 

 bought as the Troupial, must be the same 

 as that prescribed for our lovely species. 



