110 ORIOLE. 



20— WHITE-HEADED ORIOLE. 



Oriolus leucocephalus, Ind.Orn.i. 175. Shaiv's Zool. vii. 441. 



■ Ludovicianus, Gm. Lin. i. 387. 

 Cassicus leucocephalus, Daud.W. 328. 

 Cassique de la Louisiane, Buf. iii. 242. PI. enl. 646. 

 White-headed Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 422. Arct. Zool. ii. 147. 



LENGTH ten inches. Bill black, one inch long; head, neck, 

 belly, and rump, white ; quills and tail changeable violet, bordered 

 with white; the rest of the plumage white and black mixed; tail 

 somewhat cuneiform, and the wings, when closed, reach to about 

 the middle of it ; legs lead-colour. 



Inhabits Louisiana, and other parts of North America. 



A. — White-headed Oriole, Gen. Syn. Sup. p. 88. 



Length nine inches and a half; breadth thirteen and a half; 

 weight one ounce and three quarters. The head white, except a 

 black spot on the crown ; neck and breast glossy black, spotted with 

 white ; lesser wing coverts the same, but more faint ; bastard wing 

 white and black ; outer quills white ; the rest of the bird brownish 

 black ; legs pale flesh-colour. 



This was brought to Mr. Hutchins, while at Hudson's Bay, by 

 the name of Wawpawchou Chuckithou, in July 1781. Said to 

 associate with other Blackbirds, but not common. 



B. — Oriolus Hudsonicus, Gm. Lin. i. 387. Shaiv's Zool. vii. 441. 



Hudsonian White-headed Oriole, Arct. Zool. ii. No. 148. Gen. Syn. Sup. 88. sect. 2. 



This is about one inch and a half shorter. Head and throat 



white ; ridge of the wing, first primary, and thighs the same, and a 



