ORIOLE,' 



This is found at Guiana, where it is known by the name of 

 Qu'iaca'igou. It is faid to frequent thick fhady places, near water 3 

 and to fqueak like a Jay. 



421 



PlAC*. 



Le Caffique huppe de Cayenne, Buf. oif, iii. p. 241. — PI. enh 344* 

 Xanthornus maximus, Pallas Spic. vi. p. 1. & feq. t. I. 



Lei/. Muf. 



CRESTED 

 O. 



CIZE of a Magpie : length eighteen inches. The bill is ftrong, Description. 



two inches long, of a dirty yellow, bare, and fomewhat gib- 

 bous at the bafe, where it is rounded and convex : the noftrils are 

 placed in a furrow : tongue jagged : irides blue : the head is fur- 

 nifhed with a creft, which can be elevated at the will of the bird : 

 the body is black as far as the middle, but the lower half, rump, 

 and vent, deep cheftnut : the wings are black : the two middle 

 tail feathers the fame ; the others yellow : the lhape of the tail 

 cuneiform : the legs are black. 



Pallas fays the irides are yellow: the body dull black: the 

 vent ferruginous : the wings reach to the middle of the tail ; the 

 two middle feathers of which are fhorter than the adjoining 

 ones. 



Pallas's fpecimen came from Surinam, where I am informed Piacs„ 



thefe birds are common. 



t HAVE now before me a moft beautiful fpecimen of this bird, 



which is full twenty inches in length. The bill two inches and 



a quarter long, yellow, and tipped with orange, fhaped as in the 



other : die head is not only crefted, but has likewife two flender 



9 feathers 



3- 

 Var. A. 



Description, 



