112 ORIOLE. 



22— BLACK-CROWNED ORIOLE. 



Oriolus Mexicanus, Ind. Orn. i. 179. Lin. i. 162. Gm. Lin. i. 388. Shaw's Zool. 



vii. 419. 

 Icterus MexicE-.ius, Daud. ii. 347. 



Icterus fuscus Novae Hispaniae, Brit. ii. 105. Id. 8vo. i. 185. — female. 



Troupiale jaune a calotte noire, Buf. iii. 222. PL enl. 533. — male. 

 Black-crowned Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 431. 



LENGTH eight inches and three-quarters. Bill yellowish ; 

 head, throat, neck, breast, belly, sides, under tail coverts, lesser wing 

 coverts, and beneath them yellow ; crown, back, rump, and upper 

 tail coverts black brown ; greater wing coverts the same, edged with 

 yellowish grey ; quills and tail black ; legs yellowish. 



The female has the bill and legs pale : crown and under parts of 

 the body dusky brown ; quills and tail dusky. 



Inhabits Mexico and Guiana. 



23 —OLIVE ORIOLE. 



Oriolus Capensis, Ind. Orn.i. 184. Gm. Lin. i. 392. Shaw's Zool. vii. 447. 



Icterus flavus, Daud. ii. 338. 



Xanthornus Cap. B. Spei, Bris. ii. 128. Id. 8vo. i. 191. 



Carougedu Cap de B. Esperance, PI. enl. 607.2. 



olive de Cayenne, Buf. iii. 251. 



Olive Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 444. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 149. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill brown ; plumage in general olive 

 brown above, and yellow beneath; crown greyish ; throat, and neck 

 before, inclining to orange ; edge of the wing yellow ; coverts brown, 

 margined and tipped with olive green ; quills and tail brown, edged 

 with olive ; legs brown. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope ; varies in having the forehead, 

 cheeks, and under parts yellow; the upper brown ; wings and tail 

 darker, edged with yellow. 



