KAMTSCHATKAN THRUSH, AND ORIOLE;. 343 



E. Latham, ill. 28. — Lev. Mus. Kamtschatkan. 



nPH. With a dufky bill : crown, upper fide of the neck, back, 

 and wings, light brown : from the bafe of the bill, on each 

 fide, a black line pafl^es to the eyes, and a little beyond ; over each, 

 a line of white: chin and throat of an elegant rofe-color : bread 

 and belly of a whitifh brown : tail of a light brown, and rounded. 

 Length fix inches. 



Inhabits Kamtjchatka. Place. 



F. Oriole, Br. Zool. ii. App. p. 626, V°. — 4'o, 532. tab. h.—Wiil. Orn. 198. 

 Oriolusgalbula, Lin. Syft. 160. — Faun. Suec. N° 95. 



Loriot, De Buffon, iii. 260. tab. xvii. — PL Enl. 26. 



'T'H. With head and whole body of a rich yellow : bill red : 

 wings black; the primaries marked with a yellow fpot: tail 

 black ; tips yellow. Female dull green : ends of the exterior fea- 

 thers of the tail whitifh. Length ten inches. 



Inhabits many parts of Europe. Has been fliot in Finland; but is Place, 



in Sweden a rare bird. Seen in England but very feldom : afFedts 

 warm climates : frequent in India and China. Found in the tempe- 

 rate parts of the 7??//?«72 empire, as far as lake 5^/,^^/: none beyond 

 the Lena. Is almoft conftantly flitting from place to place : makes 

 no long refidence in any. Builds a hanging neft between the forks 

 of a bough, ufually of fome lofty tree. Lays four or five eggs, of 

 a dirty white, fpotted with duflcy. Is reckoned very good meat. 

 Receives its name of Loriot from its note. Feeds on infe6ls, ber- 

 ries, and fruits. 



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