ORIOLE. 107 



Inhabits Jamaica : common about the town of St. Jago, among 

 bushes. — In Brisson, the size is said to be equal to a Starling, and if 

 so, it must measure more than four inches. This species, therefore, 

 wants further elucidation. 



17.— JAPACANI ORIOLE. 



Oriolus Japacani, Ind. Om. i. 177. Gm. Lin. i. 385. Daud. ii. 343. Shaiv's Zoo/, 



vii. 440. 

 Japacani, Raii Syn. p. 84. 12. Will. 173. Id. Engl. 240. Bvf. iii. 208. 

 Japacani Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 426. 



SIZE of a Starling ; length eight inches. Bill long, pointed, a 

 little curved, and black ; irides gold-colour ; head blackish ; hind 

 part of the neck, back, wings, and rump varied with black and 

 brown ; tail blackish above, spotted with white beneath ; breast, 

 belly, and thighs mixed white and yellow, with transverse black 

 lines ; legs dusky. 



These two species are made but one by Brisson, but they surely 

 cannot be the same, the latter being twice the size of the other. — 

 The description of the Japacani is from Margrave, as well as the 

 size, not attending to the dimensions of Sloane's bird ; though they 

 are some what alike in colour to each other. 



18.— GREY ORIOLE. 



Oriolus cinereus, Ind. Orn. i. 178. Gm. Lin. i. 386. Daud. ii. 344. Shaw's Zoo!. 



vii. 439. 

 Icterus cinereus, Bris. ii. 96. Id. 8vo. i. 1S1. 

 Ococolin, Tococolin, Rati Syn. 163. Buf. iii. 213. 

 Grey Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 427. 



SIZE of a Starling ; the body variegated with black and yellow • 



but the back, thighs, and belly, are ash-coloured. 



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