102 AVES INSESSORES. [ORIOLUS, 



clouded with gray : the gorget on the breast smaller, not so well defined, 

 and tinged with reddish brown and gray. In the young female the gorget 

 is scarcely visible : in the young male it is reddish white. (Egg.} Light 

 blue, mottled with spots of ash-gray and light brown : long. diam. one 

 inch two lines; trans, diam. ten lines. 



Not a common species. Occasionally observed in small flocks about 

 Spring and Autumn, on its passage to and from the northern and moun- 

 tainous parts of the kingdom where it breeds. Does not winter in Eng- 

 land. Nest placed on the ground ; in form and texture resembling that 

 of the Blackbird. Food insects and berries. 



GEN. 16. ORIOLUS, Linn. 



41. O. Galbula, Linn. (Golden Oriole.) Golden 

 yellow; lore, wings, and tail, black. 



O. Galbula, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. i. p. 129. Golden Oriole, Mont. 

 Orn. Diet. Selb. Illust. vol. i. p. 176. pi. 35. f. 1 and 2. Bew. 

 Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 103. 



DIMENS. Entire length nine inches six lines : length of the bill (from 

 the forehead) eleven lines and a half, (from the gape) one inch one line 

 and a half; of the tarsus ten lines ; of the tail three inches one line ; from 

 the carpus to the end of the wing six inches. 



DESCRIPT. {Male.) Bright golden yellow: space between the eye and 

 the bill black: wings black; the outer webs of the quills edged with 

 white; primary coverts tipped with yellow: two middle tail-feathers 

 wholly black; the others black, tipped with yellow: bill reddish: irides 

 red : feet black. (Female and young.) Upper parts olive-green : throat, 

 breast, and abdomen, grayish white, tinged with yellowish, with dusky 

 streaks on the shafts of the feathers : wings brownish black, the quills 

 edged with pale olive-gray : tail olive with a tinge of dusky, the tips of 

 all the feathers, except the two middle ones, yellowish white. (Egg.} 

 White, tinged with pink, and sparingly spotted with ash-colour and liver- 

 brown : long. diam. one inch two lines ; trans, diam. ten lines. 



An occasional visitant in this country, but not often met with. Has 

 been killed in Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, Hampshire, Devonshire, Cheshire, 

 Lancashire, Northumberland, as well as in Scotland and Ireland. Many 

 of the individuals occurred in the Spring. Frequents wooded districts ; 

 feeding on berries and coleopterous insects. Nest purse-shaped, suspended 

 from the forked branches of tall trees. Eggs four or five in number. 



GEN. 17. ACCENTOR, Bechst. 



42. A. alpinus, Bechst. (Alpine Accentor.) Cinereous 

 gray, with large brown spots on the back : throat white 

 with brown scales : abdomen grayish white mixed with 

 reddish. 



A. alpinus, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. i. p. 248. Alpine Accentor, 

 Selb. Illust. vol. i. p. 247. pi. D. f. 3. 



DIMENS. Entire length six inches eight lines. TEMM. 

 DESCRIPT. Head, breast, neck and back, cinereous gray, with large 

 brown spots between the shoulders : wings and tail dusky brown, varie- 



