BLACK, AND BROWN-HEADED ORIOLE. , 2^59 



and fecondaries of the fame colors : under fide of the body of a 

 greenifh yellow : tail dufky, edged with yellow. 



Inhabits North America. Arrives in New York in May. Lays five Place.^ 

 eggs J and ufually hangs its neft in an apple-tree» 



tatham, ii. 44.5, N° 37. 



Le Troupiale Noir, Brifon, ii. loj. tab. x.—De Buffon^ iii. yio.—Pl. Enl.<^^\. — 144- Bl agk. 

 Br. Mus.. 



#^ With a black bill, an inch long: legs of thie fame color; 

 whole plumage black and glofly. Length near' ten inches.. 

 Extent one foot. Weight two ounces, and a quarter. 



Female. With head, breaft, and belly, dufky, tinged with cinenC'- 

 ©us J the reft of the plumage of as greenilh brown. 



Inhabits iVbr//& y£f«m£^,, even a ^&r zs Hudfon's Bay. Arrives there Plam.. 



in the beginning of June, as foon a^ the ground is thawed fufficiently 

 for them to get food, which is Worms and Maggots. They fing with; 

 a fine note till the time of incubation, when they defift", and' only 

 make a chucking noife till the young take their flight -, when they 

 refume their fong. They build their nefts ia trees, about eight 

 feet ffom the ground; and form thenr with mofs and grafs. Lay-' 

 five eggs, of a dark color^ fpotted with black. Gather in great 

 flocks, and k-etirefoutheriy in September. A bird, which I apprehend! 

 to be only aleffer variety, is defcribed by the dimte deBuffonj iii. 22 1^,. 

 Pl^E.iiL: 606a Lathami ii. 446,, 



C\ With.' the head of " a rufty brovri r the body and wings blacky 345. Frown. 



• glo/Ted with green: the tail: of a dufky color. Size of a com- headed* 

 mon Blackbird. — Br. Mus. Lev. Mus. 



Inhabits Nem Tori, and appears th^re in fmall flocks during fiim— Place- 

 mer. Perhaps migrates to St. Domingo, where ft is alfo found, and ia 

 called. there, according to Mr.. iiCafv&<j«'s- account, Siffleur, ov Whiftler j 

 but differs from that defcribed hj M^DeBuffoni'in. 230,. which is 

 entirely yellow beneath. 



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