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GOLDEN ORIOLE. 



ORIOLUS, Linn. Generic characters. Bill 

 straight, hooked at the tip, distinctly notched, 

 depressed and rather wide at the base, rictus 

 with very fine bristles ; wings with third 

 quill longest, first two graduated ; tarsus 

 short, feet rather weak, toes united at the 

 base. Oriolus Galbula* 



Europe, Asia, Africa. 



Oriolus bicolor. 



THE GOLDEN ORIOLE. 



Oriolus galbula LINN. 



PLATE IV. 



Oriolus galbula, Linn* Golden Thrush, Golden Oriole 

 of British ornithologists. 



The Golden, or European Oiole, to which a 

 much more extensive geographical range has 

 been assigned than what really belongs to it, is 

 the only species which has any claim to a place 

 in the British Fauna, and that is only in the cha- 



