100 ORIOLE. 



B. — Turdus Noveboracensis, Ind. Orn.'i. 362. Gm. Lin.'i. 818. 

 New-York Thrush, Gen. Syn. Sup. 144. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 205. 



In this, the head, neck, and breast, are mottled light rust-colour 

 and black; back very glossy, edges of the feathers ferruginous; from 

 the bill, above and beneath the eye, a band of black to the hindhead; 

 belly dusky ; wings and tail greenish glossy black. 



C— Turdus Labradorus, Ind. Om. i. 342. Gtn. Lin. i. 832. 



Sturnus Jamaicensis, Daud. ii. 317. 



Labrador Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 46. Phil. Trans, lxii. 400. Arct. Zoo/.ii. No. 206. 



General colour glossy shining black, varied with blue and green 

 in different lights. 



The female dusky black, breast dark grey. Said to come in 

 flocks to Severn River, in June, and to return South in Autumn ; 

 suppposed to feed chiefly on worms and maggots; called at Hudson's 

 Bay, the Blackbird ; lives among the willows, and builds in all sorts 

 of trees. The three last, though hitherto ranked with the Thrushes, 

 are no other than the Black Orioles, in various stages of life. 



9._COWPEN ORIOLE. 



Fringilla Pecoris, Ind. Om. i. 443. Gm. Lin. i. 910. 

 Emberiza Pecoris, Cow Bunting, Am. Om. ii. pi. 18. f. 1, 2, 3. 

 Sturnus stercorarius, Bartr. Trav. 289. 

 Fiinffilla Virsriniana, Bris. iii. 165. Id. 8vo. i. 352. 

 Le Troupiale commun, Voy. d'Azara, iii. No. 61. — male. 

 Le Chapi, Voy. d'Azara, iii. No. 62. — female. 

 Le Brunet, Buf. iv. 138. Id. Tolcana, Bnf. iii. 193. 

 Troupiale de la Caroline, PL enl. 606. 1 . 

 Troupiale, Tern. Man. Ed. ii.Anal. p. liv. 



Cowpen Finch, Gen. Syn. iii. 269. Id. Sup. 165. Cales. Car. i. pi. 34. Arct. Zool. 

 ii. No. 241. Gen. Zool. is. 501. 



THIS is from seven to eight inches long, and eleven broad. Bill 

 blackish ; head and neck fine brown, the rest of the body glossy 

 black ; tail somewhat forked, or hollowed out in the middle. 



