126 ORIOLE. 



the inner wing coverts, on which is a patch of white ; under wing 

 coverts white ; tail three inches and a half long, even ; the wings 

 reach rather beyond the base. 



Inhabits Cayenne, and is the male of the following. 



Tangara noir, Bvf. ii. 257. PI. enl. 711. 

 Guiana Tanager, Gen. Syn. iii. 225. the female. 



This is wholly rufous, inclining to ash-colour beneath ; the bill 

 is dusky ; legs yellowish. 



Inhabits Guiana, as well as Cayenne, in the more open spots, 

 and lives on small fruits and insects ; has a shrill voice, but not 

 what may be called a song ; generally seen in pairs, and never in 

 flocks. 



39— YELLOW-HEADED ORIOLE. 



Oriolus icterocephalus, Ind.Orn.i. 183. Lin.i. 163. Gm.Liu.'y 392. Shaw's Zoo I: 



vii. 434. 

 Icterus icterocephalus, Daud. ii. 337. 



Xanthornus icteroceph. Bris.u. 124. 1. 12. f. 4. Id. 8vo. i. 190. Spalowsk. ii. t. 17. 

 Comix atra, capite, collo, pectoreque flavis, N. C. Petr. xi. 435. 1. 15. 

 Coiffes jaunes, Buf. iii. 217. 10. PL enl. 343. 

 Yellow-headed Starling. Edw. t. 323. 

 Yellow-headed Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 441. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill blackish ; base covered with short, 

 black feathers; head, throat, and neck before fine yellow; the rest of 

 the plumage black, not glossy ; the lore black ; legs brown. 



Inhabits Cayenne. 



A. — Length ten inches. Bill glossy black ; head and neck before 

 to the breast, fine deep yellow; lore and round the eye black ; the 

 rest of the plumage black, slightly glossed ; some of the wing 



