ORIOLUS. 
5 Salada noify, numerous, voracious, and great devourers 
of c The greater number of the {pecies belonging to 
this ; enus are natives of the erican continent; they are 
remarkable for the ftru€ture of their ne » which in oa 
{pecies hangs from the branch to which it is attached, 
in others it is fewed or faftened with eile art beneath ite 
furface of fome very large leaf. 
Species. 
ALBULA, or Golden Oriole, fometimes denominated 
llow colour; the lores and 
grafs, lined within with mofs and lichens, upon which are 
arranged {till tiner materials, as the filken bags of the chry- 
fal: ides of moths; the e -ba s of {piders, feathers, &e. 
white, with numerous dark 
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wholefome and ‘lesen to the 
r other eee -, this fpecies. 1. 
black- ‘headed oriole, defcribed by Edwards under the title 
of the black-headed ifterus, which differs in having the 
whole head and throat black, the greater quills black, lon- 
gitudinally ftreaked with yellow; the tail and bill reddifh, 
and the legs dufky. It is a native of Madras. 2. The 
mottled oriole, which is yellow variegated with blackifh 
{pots 5 the head, neck, quill, and tail-feathers blackifh. It 
inhabits Madras, and is deferibed by 
title of the yellow Indian ftarling. 3. 
whofe limbs are black with yellow tips; ag ith a black 
band. It inhabits re parts of China and Cochinchina. 
4e ndian oriole, of which the head is marked with 
ate blue band; the tail-feathers are yellow with a 
blue ae feathers yellow fpotted with blue. It in- 
habits India 
RapiatTus; or Striped-headed Oriole. This fpecies is 
tawny; the head, chin, and throat are black dotted with 
hite; the remainder of the bird is orange-coloured. It is 
not afcertained to what country this bird belongs; it is the 
fize of a black-bird, the body is pale beneath; the legs are 
yellow ; the claws are reddifh, 
Picus; Climbing Oriole. Tawny; the head, neck, 
and bal are {potted with white: the tail is rounded ; 3 the 
bill of a  eneiien ee ; the legs are blackifh. It is ea 
feven inches inhabits among the trees in Guian 
which it ainks Tike a pie, and picks out infe&ts from odes 
the ee 
Ictr ; IGteric Oriole. This is alfo tawny; the head, 
throat, ee quill and tail-feathers are black; the wings 
arked with a white fpot. The bill is moftly black 
ai a brown bafe; the irides are yellowifh; the legs are 
fometimes black, and fometimes lead-coloured, or of a 
greyih-white. It is about nine or ten inches long. It 
ade the warmer parts of America, and the Caribbee 
ands 
of {nakes and oie animals. Of thefe nefts feveral may 
saa be nie near each other, and not far from houfes. 
zz Hispa 3 Mexican Oriole. This fpecies is 
wlaas ve fied “hin quill-feathers, and tail are black. 
It inhabits New S 
This fpecies is yel- 
low ; the greater wing-coverts 
and quill. feathers are blackifh, with a yellowifh edge; the 
tail is — and blackifh. It is defcribed and figured by 
e fize of a pigeon, and is a native of South 
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Picrus; Painted Oriole. The front of this fpecies is 
ellow; the nape orange-coloured ; back yellow ; cheeks, 
rump, an belly blueifth; the fhoulders are brown; the quill 
and tail-feathers are black. It is fuppofed to be an inha- 
bitant of America 
BRASILIANUS ‘Brafilian Oriole. Yellow; breaft {potted; 
head and back with pale brown {pots ; belly white ; tail and 
ied brown; the latter tipt with whitifh. It inhabits the 
y places in Jamaica, and is four inches long he 
bill is a7 an inch long ; the orbits are yellow ; lege brown, 
claws ye 
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APACAN '; Japacani Oriole. The colour of this {pecies 
is black aed with a pale brown; beneath it is beet pi with 
white and yellow, with tranfverfe ‘black lines ; head and tail 
blackifh, Inhabits Brafil, and is eight inches long ; the bill 
is black ; the irides golden ; the legs are of a dirt -white ; 
claws tharp a and black. It is defcribed by Ray, Willughby, 
and Latham 
oTL; or New Spain Oriole. Black; beneath and 
arling. e young are 
yellow eeceet “the tips of the wings, which are 
x ; Grey Oriole. This is varied with yellow and 
black ; eee thighs and belly cinereous. It inhabits the 
woods of New Spain, is the fize of the laft; it does not 
fing, ol the flefh is good. 
Puaniceus; Red-winged Oriole. This fpecies is black, 
but ie e wing-coverts are tawny ; 3. it is the fize of a ftarling ; 
the length being from eight to nine inches. It is to be met 
with in Mexico, the Carolinas, had a and as far as New 
York. It builds a thick pen 
tween th 
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{aid to be 
ack. 
In Lou 
and andiee in fal immenfe hock! at three or four 
hundred may be taken at one draught of the net. The nets 
are {pread on fome bare {mooth path, at the fide of a wood, 
with rice ftrewed to decoy the birds. T'o fecure the multi- 
tudes that are caught, it is often neceflary to kill the greater 
