102 ORIOLE. 



generally appears in March, and departs about the end of October; 

 passes the winter regularly in the lower parts of North and South 

 Carolina and Georgia ; and is very common as far South as Paraguay ; 

 and also at Buenos Ayres. In January, strings of them are seen for 

 sale in the markets of Charles Town, for the use of the table : fre- 

 quently accompanying the Red-winged Orioles, but often er seen 

 among cattle, feeding on seeds, worms, and such like, picked out 

 of the excrements, hence called Cowpen Blackbirds. — M. d'Azara 

 says, they build in the holes of trees, walls, rocks, and under the 

 eaves of houses : the nest made with sticks and straw, lined with 

 feathers, and other soft materials. 



A.— Sturnus Junceti, Ind. Orn. i. 32G. Rail. 168. — (Tolocatzanatl). 

 ' obscuvus, Gm. Lin. i. 804. 



— — novas Hispania?, Bris. ii. 448. Id. 8vo. i. 283. 



Icterus Emberizoides, Daud. ii. 350. 

 Oriolus fuscus, Gm. Lin. i. 393. 

 Brown-headed Stare, Gen. Syn.i'ri. p. 11. 

 Oriole, Arct. Zool. ii. p. 259. 



This has the head rusty brown ; body and wings black, glossed 

 with green ; tail dusky. — Ray's description is, less than a Starling, 

 but like it in shape, wholly black, except the head, which is brown. 



Inhabits New York, and other parts of North America. 



B. — Oriolus minor, Ind. Orn. i. 185. Gm. Lin. i. 394. Shaw's Zool. vii. 443. 



Sturnus Mexicanus, Ind. Orn. i. 32G. Gm. Lin. i. 804. 



Icterus niger, Daud. ii. 351. 



Cotinga Mexicana, Bris. ii. 247. Id. 8vo. i. 254. 



Caxaxtototl, Raii 167. Bnf. iii. 195. 



Petit Troupiale noir, Buf. iii. 221. 



Mexican Stare, Gen. Syn. iii. p. 12. 



Lesser black Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 446. Arct. Zool. ii. 144. 



Length from six to seven inches. Bill black ; irides reddish ; 

 the whole plumage fine glossy black, tinged with blue about the 



