4i3 O R I O L E. 



THE bill in this genus is ftrait, conic, very {harp-pointed? 

 edges cultrated, inclining inwards ; mandibles of equal 

 length. 



Noftrils fmall, placed at the bafe of the bill, and partly co- 

 vered. 



Tongue divided at the end. 



Toes three forward, one backward ; the middle joined near the 

 bafe to the outmoft one. 



Thefe birds are inhabitants of America, except in a few in- 

 ftances ; are a noify, gregarious, frugivorous, granivorous, and 

 voracious race, very numerous, and often have penfile neils. To 

 thefe definitions from the Genera of Birds, I mall not add any 

 thing more here, the manners of each being noted in their proper 

 places. 



Oriolus Perficus, Lin. Syfi. i. p. 161. N u 7. 

 BLACK AND Le Caffique jaune, Brif. orn. ii. p. 100. N° 14. pi. 9. f. 1. 



YELLOW du Brefil, Buf. oif. iiii p. 235 PI. ml. 1S4. 



Lev. Muf. 



1. 



O. 



Description. "DIGGER than a Blackbird. Bill fixteen lines long, and of a 



pale yellow : irLdes blue : general colour of the plumage 



black : on the middle of the wing is a large fpot, of a golden 



yellow : lower part of the back, rump, belly, and vent, yellow : 



thighs in fome yellow, in others black : legs and claws black. 



Jupujuba, 



