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Sp. 2. Le, Americanus. 



Oriolus Americanus. Shaiv, v. vii. p. 428. 

 Sp. 3. Le. Guianensis. 



Oriolus Guianensis. Shaw, v. vii. p. 428- 

 Sp. 4. Le. Suchii. Zool. Journ. (F'igors.) v. ii. p. 192. 

 Le. olivaceo-lrunneus pectore ahdomine, ptilisj tectricibus info' 



rioribus uropygioquejlaxns ; rostro paulidum elongato. 

 Olive-brown Leistes, \ritli tlie breast, abdomen, wings, under- 



coverts and rump yellow, the beak a trifle elongated. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length nine inches and a third : 

 the beak and legs black : the quills and tail-feathers 

 brown beneath : tlie feathers of the vent olive-brown, 

 edged with yellow. 



Sp. 5. Le.'' icterus. 



Oriolus icterus. Shave, v. \\\. p. 420. 

 Sp, 6. Le? xanthorinus. 



Oriolus xanthorinus. Shaxv, v. vii. p. 432. 

 Sp. 7. Le ? melancholicus. 



Oriolus melancholicus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 435. 



STIRPS II.— STURNINA, Vigors. 



GENUS CLXVL— STURNELLA, Vieillot. 



Rostrum rectum, integrum, 

 supra convexum, apice di- 

 latatum, obtusura ; man- 

 dibula superior basi gib- 

 bosa et inter frontis plu- 

 mas producta. 



Pollex tarn robustior et lon- 

 gior quam digitos laterales. 



Beak straight, intire, con- 

 vex above, dilated at the 

 tip, obtuse : the iipper 

 mandible gibbous at the 

 base, and produced among 

 the frontal feathers. 



Hind-toe stouter and longer 

 than the lateral toes. 



