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VII. ORIOLE. Gen. Birds XIV. 



Aiolchichi, Fernand, Nov. Hi/p.' p. iJ^.^—TFil. Or«, 395. — Raii Sja. av. 166.— j^q. Red-wing^ 



Latham, i. 428. 

 Black Bird (zd fp.) Latufon, 139.. 



Red-winged Starling, Catejhy, i. 13. — Bu Pratz, ii. gi^- 

 Le Troupiale a Aifles Rouges, Brijfon, ii. 97. 

 Le Commandeur, DeBuffon, iii. 214, — P/. £«/. 40;J»- 

 Oriolus Phceniceus, Lin. Syfi. 161.. . 



With black bill and legs : plumage of a fine jetty blacknels, 

 except the lefler coverts of the wings, which are of a bright 

 fcarletj with the loweft row white. Length ten inches. The Fe- 

 males are of a dufky color. . 



Inhabit from the province of iV^-K; Tor^ to the • kingdom of Place^. 



Mexico. In North America they are called Red-wing.ed Starlings, 

 and Swamp Black-birds ,- in Mexico, CommendordoreSy from their red 

 Ihouldersj i-efembling a badge worn by the commanders of a certain- 

 Spanifi order.: That kingdom feems to be their moft fouthern j-efi- 

 dence. They appear in New Tork in Jpril, and leave the- coun- 

 try in OSloher. They probably continue the whole year in the Manner^. 

 fouthern parts, at left Catejhy and Law/on make no mention of 

 their departure. They are feen in flocks innumerable, obfcuring at 

 times the very flcy with their multitudes. They were efteemed the 

 peft of the colonies, making moft dreadful havock among the maize 

 and other grain, both when new fown, and when ripe. They are 

 very bold, and not to be terrified with a gun ; for, notwithftanding 

 the fportfman makes Daughter in a flock, the remainder will take a 

 ihort flight, and fettk again in the fame field. The farmers fome- 

 times attempt their deftrudion, by fteeping the maize in a decodlion r< 



