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ORD. Il. GENUS IV. ORIOLE. 

Bitt, ftraight, very ftout at the bafe, and fharp pointed. 
Nosrrizs, fmall; placed at the bafe of the bill, and flightly covered. 
Toncug, divided at the end. 
Toes, three forward, one backward, 
SPECIES Il GOLDEN ORIOLE. 
Pl. 42. 
Oriolus Galbula. Lin. Sy. 1. p. 160. 
Le Loriot. Brif. Orn. II. p. 320. 
This fingular and beautifully coloured bird is rather larger than the figure. 
The bill is dull reddifh brown: eyes red: the general colour of the plumage is 
of a rich golden yellow colour: between the bill and eye is a ftreak of black: 
the wings are of a brown black colour, with a fquare fpot of yellow on the 
greater coverts near the edge: the two middle feathers of the tail are black, 
tipped with yellow, all the others black half way from the bafe and thence to 
the end yellow: legs dull black. 
The female is of a dingy white in thofe parts where the male is yellow: 
wings dull black: the two middle feathers of the tail are dull green, the others 
yellowifh white. In young males the breaft and belly are ftreaked with black. 
This bird is not frequently met with in England, but is very common in 
fome of the provinces of France. The nett is of a curious conftruétion, fome- 
what in the fhape of a purfe, faftened to the extreme forks of the outmoft 
branches of tall trees, from which it hangs pendant. The eggs are faid to be 
four or five in number, of a dull white colour, marked with {mall dark brown 
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