104 ORIOLE. 



M. Daudin received the above from Cayenne, with the Olive 

 Oriole, to which he seems to think it allied, if not the same in 

 any change of plumage. It is said to make a plain, round, hemi- 

 spherical nest, of dried roots and fibres, and that many nests are 

 commonly found on the same tree. 



12— CARTHAGENA ORIOLE. 



Oriolus Carthagenensis, Ind. Orn. Sup. xxviii. Shaw't Zool. rii. 445. 

 Coracias Cartagenensis, Scop. Ann. i. 40. 

 Carthagena Oriole, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 126. 



SIZE of a common Oriole. Bill and head black ; throat white ; 

 back varied rufous and brown ; breast, belly, and rump yellow ; 

 wings and tail rufous, spotted with black ; from the base of the 

 upper mandible to the nape, on each side, a white streak. 



This was brought from Carthagena, in South America, by CI. 

 Jacquin, and placed in the Menagerie of the Emperor of Germany, 

 at Vienna ; it was an unquiet, and clamorous bird. 



13— RED-HEADED ORIOLE. 



Le Troupiale a teterouge, Voy. d'Azara iv. No. 73. 



LENGTH eight inches and a quarter, extent twelve. Bill one 

 inch, strong, strait, flattened at the base, but having the point as in 

 other Orioles ; tongue short, forked ; head, and almost the whole 

 neck before, a flaming red, so bright and glowing, that one might 

 suppose those parts composed of glass instead of feathers ; yet they 

 are rough to the touch ; thighs bright orange ; the rest of the bird 

 black, of which colour are also the bill, mouth, legs, irides, and 



