42 ,8 O- R I O L E. 



1 3-. Oriolus Phjeniceus, him Sjjl. i. p. 161. N° 5; 



"*~ ^^t\ ^ e Troupiale a ailes rouges. Brif. orn. ii. p. 97. N° 12. — P/. ««/." 4027... 



WINGED T „ . _ _ .", ii. 



q Le Commandeur, Buf, otj. 111. p. 2*14*- 



Acalchichi, RaiiSyn. p» 166. N° 6. 



Scarlet-feathered Indian bird, Will, orn-t p. 39s 



Red-winged Starling, Catejb. Carol, i. pi. 13. — Albin. i. $...\i.t—Anun. 



Zool. N» 



JSr.. Afi/ •£««• Muf. 



Description- CIZE of a Starling : length from eight to nine inches. The bill 

 is black, and almoft an inch in length: hides white: the 

 whole bird is of a deep black, except the fhoulders of the wings, 

 which are of a deep red : the legs are black. 

 Female. The female, is faid to differ in being fmaller ; in having a mix- 



ture of grey in its feathers, and the red on the wings more 

 obfcure. 

 Place and This is an American bird,, and peculiar to that continent: 



found at Mexico, the Carolinas, Virginia, and as far as New Tork. 

 Catejby mentions their building the neft, woven together among 

 the reeds, in Carolina and Virginia ; but I am informed by others, 

 that they build between the forks of trees, three or four feet from 

 the ground, along with other birds, in the fwamps, which are fel— 

 dom penetrable by man. This method of building is likewife; 

 mentioned by Fernandez. 



In winter only they are met with in Louijiana *, and fometimes 

 come in fuch immenfe flocks, that at one draw of the net fre- 

 quently three hundred or more are taken. T.hefe nets are fpread, 

 in fome bare fmooth path at the fide of a wood, and the place 



Manners. 



* Du. Prate, vol. ii. p. 135. 



being 



