BULLOCK'S TROOPIAL, ORIOLE, OR HANG-NEST. 45 



with the loral space, some feathers at the base of the lower mandible, and a 

 rather narrow longitudinal band on the fore neck, deep black; the anterior 

 part of the forehead, a band over the eye, the cheeks, sides of the neck, and 

 the breast, rich orange-yellow; the rest of the lower parts paler; the lower 

 wing-coverts and the anterior edge of the wing pale yellow; the hind part of 

 the back and the upper tail-coverts yellow, tinged with olive, purer on the 

 rump; wings brownish-black, with a large patch of white formed by the 

 outer small coverts, and the edges of the secondary coverts, besides which 

 the quills are all margined externally with white, the secondaries more 

 broadly. The four middle tail-feathers are black, all the rest orange-yellow, 

 with a dusky patch near the end, broader on the inner, narrower and fainter 

 on the outer. 



Length to end of tail 1\ inches; bill along the ridge Y2; wing from flexure 

 4^; tail 3^; tarsus -yf; hind toe yf, its claw T %; second toe T 5 ¥ , its claw ^; 

 third toe -£f , its claw T %; fourth toe T 5 2, its claw f § . 



Adult Female. 



The female is smaller and differs greatly in colouring. The bill and feet 

 are as in the male. The upper parts are greyish-olive, lighter on the rump, 

 on the head and upper tail-coverts tinged with yellow; the loral space dusky, 

 the anterior part of the forehead, a band over the eye, the cheeks, and sides 

 of the neck, with the fore part of the breast, light greenish-yellow; the 

 throat dull white, the lower wing-coverts and edge of the wing very pale 

 yellow, the rest of the lower parts greyish-white, slightly tinged with olive. 

 The wings are dark brown, the larger small-coverts tipped with greyish- 

 white, the secondary coverts and quills edged with the same. The tail dull 

 olivaceous-yellow. This description is taken from an individual killed on 

 the 21st of June, 1836, on the Columbia river. 



Length to end of tail 7 inches. 



Young Male. 



A young male, killed on the Columbia river, on the 21st of June, 1836, 

 and in its first plumage, resembles the female in all the upper parts, including 

 the tail, of which the four outer feathers, however, are more yellow. The 

 loral space, and a streak on the throat, shorter and narrower than in the old 

 male, are black; the band on the eye, the cheeks, the fore neck, and part of 

 the breast, pale yellow; the rest of the lower parts as in the female. 



