98 ORIOLE. 



lights; the feathers round the eye and chin short, like velvet; those 

 of the neck much elongated, and capable of being erected, in the 

 manner of the Ruffed Grous ; the feathered part of the thighs reaches 

 below the joint; quills and tail deeper black, and have much less 

 gloss than the other parts ; the tail, somewhat rounded at the end, 

 consists of twelve feathers, and is five inches and a half in length ; 

 when the wing is closed, the quills reach to about the middle of it; 

 legs black ; outer and middle toes united at the base. 



Inhabits South America; brought from Trinidad by Lord Seaforth. 

 Is said to erect the feathers of the neck in a beautiful and singular 

 manner. 



8— RICE ORIOLE. 



Oriolus niger, Intl. Orn.'i. 185. Gin. Lin. i. 393. Shaw's Zool. vii. 442. 



orizyvorus, Ind. Orn. i. 176. Gm. Lin. i. 386. 



ferrugineus, Ind. Orn. V. 176. Gin. Lin. i. 393. Daud.'n. 351. Shaw's Zool. 



vii. 445. 

 Cassicus niger, Dand. ii. 329. Shaw's Zool. vii. 439. 

 Icterus niger, Bris. ii. 103. t. 10. f. 1. Id. Svo. i. 184. 

 Cornix parva profunde nigra, Klein. Av. p, 59. 

 Gracilis ferruginea, Rusty Grakle, Amer. Orn. iii. pi. 21. f. 3. 

 Tvoupiale noir, Buf. iii. 320. PI. enl. 534. 

 Yapu noir, Voy. d'Azara, iii. No. 58 and 60. 

 Black Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 445. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 144. 

 Rice Oriole, Gen. Syn.'u. 423. 



LENGTH nine inches; extent of the wings fourteen. Bill one 

 inch and a half long, black, stout, sharp, and somewhat bent at the 

 tip, the base passing backwards on the forehead, as in some of the 

 former Species ; irides silvery ; plumage in general black, glossed 

 with purple on the head, neck, and breast; tail five inches long, even 

 at the end, and the wings, when closed, reach a little beyond the 

 base ; legs black ; hind claws large. 



