BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE GOLDEN ORIOLE. 



GOLDEN THRUSH. EDWARDS. 



(Oriolus Galbula, Linn. Loriot wilgatre, Temm.) 

 THE Golden Oriole is about the size of the Black- 



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bird, but its bill is somewhat larger and stronger; it 

 is rather elevated and arched, and slightly notched 

 at the tip, and, as well as the irides, is reddish; a 

 patch or stroke of black covers the space between 

 the corners of the mouth and the eyes, and this 

 spot is thinly beset with a few hairs. The whole 

 plumage, excepting the wings and tail, is pure yel- 

 low; the two latter are black, but are marked as 

 follows : The edge of the wing at the alula spuria, 

 is yellow, with a spot or patch of that colour below, 

 on the tips of the first series of the primary quills, 

 or second bastard wing. The first quill of the 

 primaries is remarkably short, the second shorter 

 than the third, and both the former are wholly 

 black; the third and fourth are slightly edged with 



