ORIOLE. 103 



head. — Ray's description, from Fernandez, says, the bird is wholly 

 deep blue or blackish, the size of a Starling ; yellow irides, and a 

 longish, sharp-pointed black bill. There is scarcely a doubt of this, 

 as well as the last, being allied to the Cowpen. 



In the collection of Lord Stanley is a bird supposed to be the 

 same in early plumage ; length seven inches ; general colour dusky 

 olive black ; chin, neck, and breast, waved with grey, but not very 

 conspicuous. 



10— CAYENNE OLIVE ORIOLE. 



Oriolus olivaceus, Ind. Orn.'i. 186. Gm. Lin.i. 394. Shaic's Zool. vii. 448. 



Icterus olivaceus, Daud. ii. 352. 



Troupiale olive de Cayenne, Buf. iii. 225. PL end. 606. 2. 



Cayenne Olive Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 447. 



BILL black ; head, throat, and fore part of the neck glossy 

 brown, deeper on the throat, and inclining to orange on the breast ; 

 quills dusky black, mixed with brown ; legs black. 



Inhabits Cavenne. 



11.— CHESTNUT ORIOLE. 



Icterus castaneus, Daud. ii. 353. 



Olive Oriole, Var. Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 125. 



SIZE of the Olive Oriole. Bill black ; head, neck, and general 

 colour of the plumage fine velvet black ; throat! breast, belly, back, 

 rump, and vent fine glossy chestnut ; belly and thighs dusky ; wings 

 and tail black ; greater wing coverts tipped with white, forming a 

 transverse band of that colour ; legs black. 



The female is less deep in colour, inclining to brown above, and 

 to rufous beneath ; vent grey. 



