422 ORIOLE. 



feathers of two inches and a quarter in length, which fpring from 

 the hind head, and hang down behind : the plumage in general 

 is olive, with a caft of orange : the lower part of the back, rump, 

 belly, and vent, cheftnut : tail rounded ; the two middle feathers 

 fhorter than the next, and cheftnut ; the others wholly yellow, 

 except the outer one s which has the outer web dufky the whole 

 length : legs black : toes divided to the bottom. 

 ■feAcE. This is in the collection of Capt. Davies, who received it from 



South America; and I have lately feen a fecond, which came from 

 Cayenne. 



3. Xe Caflique vert de Cayenne, Buf. cif. iii. p. 240. — PI. ail. 328. 



Var.B. Lev.Muf. 



Description. J-ipHIS bird meafures fourteen inches in length, and eighteen or 

 nineteen in breadth. The bill is red : all the forward parts, 

 taking in the wing coverts, are green ; the hinder parts cheftnut : 

 quills black: tail fhaped as the others; the two middle feathers 

 black ; the others yellow : legs black. 

 Placz. Inhabits Cayenne. The bird referred to in the Leverian Mu- 



feum was of an olive green, but anfwered as to other things. 



4-^ Le Cafiique de la LouiJiane, Buf. cif. iii. p. 242. — PI. ail. 646. 



HEADED White-headed Oriole, Am. Zool. N° 



O. 



Description. [ ENGTH ten inches. Bill black, a little bent, one inch in 



length: the head, neck, belly, and rump, are white: quills 



and tail of a changeable violet, bordered with white; the reft of 



the 



