106 ORIOLE. 



15— RING-TAIL ORIOLE. 



Oriolus annulatus, Ind.Orn.i. 177. Gm. Lin. i. 385. Daud. ii. 342. Shaio's Zool. 



vii. 418. 

 Icterus Cauda annulata, Bris.'u. 89. Id. 8vo. i. 179. 

 Comix flava, Klein. Av. 59. 

 Avis Ocotzinitzcan, Seb. Mus. i. 97. t. 61. f. 3. 

 Arc en queue, Buf. iii. 207. 

 Ring-tailed Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 425. 



SIZE of a Pigeon. Bill yellow, a trifle bent at the point; head 

 throat, and neck, black ; the rest of the body yellow, shaded with 

 a deeper colour on the upper and lower tail, and lesser wing coverts; 

 the greater and quills blackish, edged with pale yellow ; tail yellow, 

 each feather marked with a broad, transverse, blackish band, appear- 

 ing, when the tail is spread, as a crescent, with the concave part 

 towards the body; legs grey. 



Inhabits America, where, according to Seba, it is accounted a bird 

 of prey ; how far it is an Oriole or not, must solely depend on his 

 authority. 



16— BRASILIAN ORIOLE. 



Oriolus Brasiliensis, Lid. Orn. i. 177. Gm. Lin. i. 385. Daud. ii. 343. Shaw's Zool. 



vii. 448. 

 Icterus Brasiliensis, Bris.'u. 93. Id. 8vo. i. 181. 

 Muscicapa e fusco et luteo varia, Sloan. 309. Raii Syn. 186. 35. 

 Brasilian Oriole, Gen. Syn. i. 426. 



LENGTH four inches, breadth seven. Bill half an inch long, 

 and black ; head and back light brown, spotted with black ; tail one 

 inch and a half long, brown ; wings the same, with the ends whitish; 

 about the eyes, the throat, sides of the neck, and tail coverts yellow ; 

 breast the same, spotted with brown ; belly white ; legs brown, toes 

 yellow. 



