ORIOLE. 105 



edges of the eyelids ; tail cuneiform, the outer feather half an inch 

 shorter than the others ; legs covered with scales. 



Inhabits Paraguay, and from thence extends to the River Plata. 



14.— MEXICAN ORIOLE. 



Onolus Novse*Hispaniae, Ind.Orn.i. 176. Gm.Lin.i. 385. Daud.'u. 341. Skate's 



Zool. vii. 419. 

 Icterus Mexicanus, Bris. ii. 88. Id. 8vo. i. 179. 

 Acholchichi, Sebau 90. t. 55. f.4, Buf. iii. 206. 

 Mexican Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii". 425. 



SIZE of a Blackbird. Bill yellowish; head, neck, throat, quills, 

 and tail black ; neck, back, rump, breast, belly, sides, thighs, upper 

 and under tail coverts, fine yellow ; lesser wing coverts black, the 

 greater tipped with yellow. 



Inhabits Mexico. 



A.— Oriolus Costototl, Ind. Orn. i. 177. Gm. Lin. i. 385. Daud. ii. 341. Shaw's 



Zool. vii. 440. Zool. Misc. tab. 2? 

 Xochitototl, Raii, 167. Costototl, Id. 90. young bird. 

 Icterus Novae Hispanise, Bris. ii. 95. Id. 8vo. i. 182. 

 Xochitol et Costotol, Buf. iii. 210. 

 New Spain Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 407. 



Size of a Starling. Head, throat, neck, back, rump, and upper 

 tail coverts black ; breast, belly, sides, and under tail coverts saffron- 

 colour, mixed with black ; thighs black ; wings cinereous, beneath 

 mixed with black and white ; tail saffron-colour, varied with black. 



Inhabits Mexico. The young birds are said to be yellow, except 

 the tips of the wings, which are black. It is probable that the two 

 last described form but one Species, of which the latter is the female, 

 if not an imperfect male. 



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