ORIOLE. 



113 



Buffon received one from Louisiana, which differed only in having 

 the throat black, instead of orange, and the general colour inclining 

 to olive, but he is doubtful if the same, being of opinion that no 

 true Oriole is to be found on the Old Continent. 



24 —BLUE ORIOLE. 



Oriolus coeruleus, Ind. Orn. i. 185. Gm. Lin. i. 393. Shaw's Zool. vii. 447. 



Icterus coeruleus, Daud. ii. 339. 



Xanthornus coeruleus, Bris. ii. 125. Id. 8vo. i. 190. Pall. Spic. vi. p. 3. a. 



Pica Maderaspataria minima, Rail 195. 1. 1. f. 11. 



Blue Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 444. 



BILL rufous ; plumage in general black or ash-coloured, except 

 the head, wings, and tail, which are blue. 



Inhabits Madras ; called by the Gentoos, Peach-Caye. Dr. 

 Pallas is of opinion, that it is certainly an Oriole, though the 

 smallest of its race.* 



M. Ferminf mentions one not unlike, at Surinam. Bill black ; 

 head and upper parts blue, as far as the back ; wings and tail black, 

 on the former a long white spot ; J rest of the body sky blue. He 

 adds, that it suspends the nest from the branches of trees. 



25.— CRIMSON-BILLED ORIOLE. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill three-quarters of an inch, stout at 

 the base, sharp at the point, and crimson ; plumage fine blue, but 

 the front, chin, and bend of the wing approach to white ; through 

 the eye, from the nostrils, a broad black streak, inclosing the eye, 

 and ending at the nape in a point ; quills brown ; tail pale ash- 

 colour, a trifle rounded at the end ; legs red. 



* Contra Xanthornus verus est, quamvis in suo Genere minutissimus, et solo cyaneus, 

 vigesimus octavus Brissonii. 



f Descr. Surin. ii. 171. % Can this Author mean the White-winged Oriole ? 



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