ORIOLE. 117 



not unlike this, but the chin brown, and not black ; not far different 

 from the Olive Oriole. Mr. Abbot thinks it distinct, under the name 

 of Black-Throat. He says, the female differs in being paler, but is 

 not a common bird in Georgia. 



28— WEEVER ORIOLE. 



Oriolus Textor, Ind. Orti. i. p. 180. Gm. Lin. i. 392. Share's Zool. vii. 429. 



Icterus Textor, Daud. ii. 349. 



Cap More, Buf. iii. 226. 



Troupiale du Senegal, PL enl. 375. male. 376. female ? 



Tisserin, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lxx: 



Weever Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 435. 



SIZE of the Golden Oriole, but the wings shorter in proportion ; 

 length seven inches and a half. Bill horn-colour; irides orange; 

 head brown, appearing gilded in the sun ; the rest of the body orange 

 yellow ; quills and tail dusky, edged with orange ; legs flesh-colour. 



One, supposed to be the female, had the head, chin, sides, and 

 fore part, to the breast, yellow ; belly and thighs nearly white ; hind 

 part of the neck, and back brown; wings, tail, and legs as in 

 the former. 



These were brought from Senegal, and supposed to be of opposite 

 sexes, but after being kept for two years, the one thought to be a 

 female gained the brown head ; and in both birds the head lost its 

 dark colour, and became yellow every autumn, regaining it in the 

 spring ; one of them, kept in a cage, had a sharp but lively note, 

 and, having by chance got a bit of sewing silk, wove it among the 

 wires, which being observed, more was put into the cage, when the 

 bird interlaced the whole, but very confusedly, so as to hinder the 

 greater part of one side of the cage from being seen through ; it was 

 found to prefer green and yellow to any other colour. M. Buffon 

 observed a similar occurrence in some in his possession, for having 



