AVES. 530 



plate; tarsus at least the length of the middle toe; win^s long:, tlio thiii 

 and fourth quills longest. 



Iditerus icterocephalus.—The Yellow-Headed Troopial. Plate xxxix* *. fi?- 

 fi. Black ; head, neck, and hreast, golden yellow; a black patch round the 

 eyes ; bill horu colour; some of the exterior wing-coverts pure white, tipped 

 with black ; tail four inches long slightly rounded ; legs and feet black. 

 Teu inches and a half long. Inhabits the United States. 



Ichtei-us Ph<sniceus.— The Red-winged Starling. Described, vol. iii. p. 

 2U note. 



Genus 19.— YPH ANTES.— ^'lej^o^i 



Generic Character. — Bill polished, nearly straight, pointed, slender, 

 the edge straight ; the upper mandible forming the base of a pointed cone, 

 enveloped in feathers ; nostrils dilated, covered by a membrane ; tarsus 

 short, annulated ; wings medium length, second and third quills longer than 

 the others ; tail with twelve feathers. 



Yphantes Baltimores. — Catesby's Baltimore. Plate xxvi*. fig. 5. Head, 

 throat, and upper part of the wings, black; lower interscapulum, tergum, 

 and whole under parts, bright orange, deeper on the breast; exterior edges 

 of the greater wing-coverts, and part of the primaries, white ; tail slightly 

 forked, exterior feathers shorter than the others ; bill black, hiwer mandible 

 blue towards the base. Seven inches long. Inhabits the United States. 



See account of its habits, vol. iii. p. 248, &c. Described as the Baltimore 

 Oriole. 



Yphantes spurius. — The Orchard Baltimore. Described, vol. iii. p. 248. 



Genus 20.— STURNUS.— Xtnna.-?^. 



Generic Character. — Bill straight, subulated, angulated, depressed, and 

 somewhat obtuse ; the base of the upper mandible resting on the forehead ; 

 nostrils lateral, situated at the base of the bill, and partly closed by an arched 

 membrane ; wings long, the first quill very short, the second and third 

 longest ; tarsus longer than the middle toe ; feet with three toes before and 

 one behind, the exterior joined at its base to the middle one. 



Sturnus vulgaris— The Starling or Stare. Plate xxix. fig. 6. Described, 

 vol. iii. p. 241. 



Genus 2\.—PAST0U.—Tem!ninck. 



Generic Character. — Bill elongated, conical, considerably compressed, 

 somewhat arched and edged, and slightly notched ; nostrils at the ba-e of 

 the bill, lateral, ovoid, partly closed by a feathered membrane; legs strong; 

 feet with three toes before and one behind, the exterior attached at the base 

 to the middle one ; first quills very small, second and third longest. 



Pastor roseus. — The Roseate Pastor. Plate xxx*. fig. 4. Head «ith a 

 pendant crest, which, with the neck and upper parts of the breast, are of a 

 velvet black, with iridescent reflections ; the back and belly of a fine rosy 

 hiiH ; wings and tail brownish-black; under tail-coverts and thighs black ; 

 ii'idcs deep brown ; legs flesh-red. Eight inches long. Inhabits Asia and 

 AiVica ; visits Spain, Italy, and England. 



Gemcs ^-Z.—V AR A.V>ISE A.— L'mnteits 

 Generic Character.— Bili of medium .'izc, quadrangular, and somewhat 



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