ORIOLE. 93 



2— RED-RUMPED ORIOLE. 



Oriolus haemorrhous, Tnd. Om. i. 174. Lin. i. 161. Lin. Gin. i. 387. Shaw's Zool. 



vii. 417. Nat. Misc. pi. 365. 

 Cassicus ruber, Bris. ii. 98. t. 8. f. 2. Id. 8vo. i. 183. Dcrarf. ii. 328. 

 Cassique rouge, Buf. iii. 238. PI. ail. 482. 

 Red-rumped Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 420. 



LENGTH eleven inches. Bill sulphur-coloured, thick at the 

 base, and passing far back into the forehead, where it is rounded, 

 and bare of feathers ; plumage chiefly black, with a greenish gloss ; 

 the lower part of the back, rump, upper and under tail coverts* fine 

 glowing crimson ; wings and tail dusky black ; and the quills, when 

 the wing is closed, reach almost to the end of the latter; legs black. 



Inhabits Brazil and Cayenne, and called Cassique ; said to have 

 the same manners as the former, making the same kind of nest, and 

 building it promiscuously with that bird ; hence, has been by some 

 esteemed only as a Variety, but of this we are not competent to judge. 



At Berbice it is known by the name of Jabbani ; about Brazil 

 it is called Guasch. 



A. — Cassique brun, Om. de Salerne 112. Gen. Syn. ii. 420. A. 



In this the whole body is black brown ; rump and upper part of 

 the tail the colour of wine lees ; under tail coverts light yellow. 



This is found at Guiana, and known by the name of Quiacagou. 

 Said to frequent shady places, near water, and to scream like a Jay. 



* One in the collection of Mr. Francillon, had the under tail coverts black, not red. 



