ORDER PASSERES. l?! 



lower part, fore neck, to vent, and beneath wings, 

 orange. North America. 



Oriolus Melancholicus. Gm. PI. Enl. 448. 



Throat, white ; each feather elsewhere black ; brown in 

 the middle, bordered with orange on wings, tail, and 

 lower part of body, and with yellowish above. Cay- 

 enne. The adult is Or. Guyanensis. Enl. 536. Vieil. 

 Gal. pi. 88. » 



The Oxyrhinci. Temm. 



Have a pointed and conical bill like the Carouge, but 

 shorter than the head. 



The species known, Oxyr. Flammiceps. T. 0. Cris- 

 tatus. Swain. III. Col. 125 , bears a tufl, mixed with 

 red, like many of the tyrants. 



The Pit-pits. Buff. Dacnis. Cuv. 



Represent the Carouges in miniature, in their conical 

 and sharj) bill. 



They connect that genus with the fig-eaters. The 



* Also by others — 



Le Dragon, Azara, 66. Agelaius virescens, Vieil. Icterus Anticus, Licht. 

 Agelaius frontalis, and ruficapUlus, Vieil. Le troupiale d calotte rotisse, 

 Azara, 72. 



Oriolus Jamaicaii, Gm. Agelaius longirostris, Vieil. 



Agelaius Cyanopus, Vieil. Le Troupiale noir et varie, Azar, 71. Icterus. 

 Tanagrinus. Spix. Braz. 64. 1. 



Emberiza Oryzivora. Wils. 



Agelaius badiiis, Vieil. 



Agelaius pyrrhopterus. Vieil. 



