124 ORIOLE. 



between the wings a black mark ; wing coverts black, with a white 

 spot in the middle ; quills and tail black. 



Inhabits Brazil ; makes a nest of rashes, lined with hair, and 

 fastens it to a great leaf of a Bonana, by means of long threads, 

 passing through the leaf, from the ribs to the edges alternately, and 

 resembling a pouch. 



36— YELLOW-WINGED ORIOLE. 



Oriolus Cayanensis, Lid. Orn. i. 182. Lin. i. 168. Gm. Lin. i. 391. Shaw's Zool. 



vii. 433. 

 Icterus Cayanensis, Daud. ii. 336. 



Xanthornus Cayanensis, Bris. ii. 123. t. 9. f. 2. Id. Svo.i. 190. 

 Troupiale noir a couvertures des ailes jaunes, Voy. d 'Azara, iii; No. 67. 

 Carouge de St. Thomas, Buf. iii. 248. PL enl. 535. f. 2. 

 Yellow-winged Pye, Edw. 222. 

 ■ Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 440. 



SIZE of a Lark; length eight inches and a quarter, breadth 

 thirteen. The bill, legs, and the whole of the plumage black, 

 except a spot of fine yellow on the wing coverts ; tail rounded at 

 the end. 



This is in plenty about Paraguay, towards the 28th degree of 

 latitude ; less frequent at Buenos Ayres ; inhabits the Island of St. 

 Thomas ; found at Cayenne, St. Domingo, and Porto Rico. 



Male and female much alike when adult, but do not gain the 

 full plumage till the third year. 



