486 AVES—ORIOLE. 
The Chinese, the Cayenne, and the Abyssinian rollers, are all distinguished 
by the brilliancy of their plumage, but differ little in any material respect 
“vom the preceding. 
THE ORIOLE. 
Or the oriole there appears to be only one species known in Europe, tnat 
1s by some termed the Golden Oriole.1 It is the size of a thrush, and has 
been called the golden thrush and the witwal. The head and whole body 
of the male is of a rich yellow; the bill red; from that to the eye a black 
line; the wings black, marked with a bar of yellow, as are the ends of the 
feathers. The tail is black, with the end yellow. The body of the female 
is a dull green, with dusky wings and tail. The nest of this bird is of the 
shape of a purse, and rests upon the outermost twigs of tall trees. It is 
common in France, but has very rarely visited England. 
THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE2 
From the singularity of the nest of this species, from its brilliant colo, 
and its preferring the apple trees, weeping willows, walnut, and tulip trees 
1 Oriolus galjula, Lin. The genus Oriolus has a bill in the form of a lengthened cone, 
horizontally compressed at the base, and edged; che woper mandible surmounted by a 
ridge notched at the point; nostrils basal, lateral, paled, and horizontally pierced in a 
large membrane; tarsus shorter than, or of the sam: leugth as the middle toe, which is 
roined to the exterior one ; wings with the first quill >.> short, che third the longest. 
2 Oriolus Baltimore, Wiison. 
