ORIOLE. 119 



30.— HANG-NEST ORIOLE. 



Oriolus nidipendulus, Jnd. Orn. i. 181. Gm. Lin. i. 390. Daud. ii. 233. Shaw's 



Zool. vii. 430. 

 Icterus minor, &c. &c Sloan. Jam. 300. pi. 258. 3. Rail Syn. 184. 

 Hang-nest Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 437. 



THE bill, according to Sloane, is white, surrounded by a black 

 line; crown of the bead, neck, back, and tail, reddish brown; the 

 wings deeper, intermixed with white, and a black line on the middle 

 of the neck ; the sides of the breast, neck, and belly are of a feuillemot 

 colour. 



He mentions a variety with the back more yellow; breast and 

 belly light yellow, and the bill black. And adds, that this bird is 

 common in the woods, and sings not unpleasantly; makes its nest of 

 stalks, or inward hairs of Oldman's Beard, which is like horse hair, on 

 high trees ; such nests are often seen on the extreme twigs of the 

 tallest, when the leaves are fallen off which hide them ; known by 

 the names of Watchy-Picket, Spanish Nightingale, and American 

 Hang-nest. It seems to bear some affinity to the Bonana, in respect 

 to the nidification, but differing in the materials with which the nest 

 is composed. 



31 —CHESTNUT AND BLACK ORIOLE. 



Oriolus castaueus, Ind. Orn. i. 181. Gm. Lin. i. 390. Shaw's Zool. vii, 427. 



Icterus varius, Daud. ii. 334. 



Le Carouge de Cayenne, PL enl. G07. 1. 



Oriolus mutatus, Orchard Oriole, Amer. Orn. i. pi. iv. 



Bastard Baltimore, Gates. Car. pi. 49. lower figure. 



Chestnut and black Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 437. Id. Sup. ii. 124. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill blue black ; head, neck, breast, and 

 to the middle of the back black ; the lower part of the back, the 



