128 ORIOLE. 



reddish orange ; each feather black-brown in the middle, bordered 

 with orange on the wings, tail, and lower part of the body ; and 

 with yellowish on the upper parts. 

 Inhabits Cayenne. 



41— FORK-TAILED ORIOLE. 



Oriolus furcatus, Ind. Orn. i. 184. Gm. Lin. i. 395. Daud. ii. 354. Skate's Zool. 



vii. 432. 

 Icterus Cauda bifida, Bris. ii. 113. 1. 10. f. 2. Id.Svo, i. 187. 

 Sturnus Cauda, divisa, Klein. Av. 64. 

 Turdus niger Mexicanus, Seba i. 102. t. 65. f. 4. 

 Fork-tailed Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 443. 



SIZE of a Blackbird. Bill yellow ; plumage in general black, 

 inclining to blue on the back, rump, quills, and tail ; lower tail 

 coverts white ; tail long, and forked ; legs black. 



Inhabits Mexico. 



42 —WHISTLER ORIOLE. 



Oriolus viridis, Ind. Orn. i. 184. Gm. Lin. i. 395. Daud. ii. 352. Shaw's Zool. 



ii. 446. 

 Icterus minor viridis, Bris. ii. 113. t. 10. f. 2. Id. 8vo. i. 187. 

 Troupiale de St. Domingue, Siffleur, Buf. iii. 230. PL enl. 236. 1. 

 Troupiale, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. liv. 

 Whistler Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 443. 



LENGTH almost seven inches. Bill horn-colour ; head, neck, 

 and upper parts of the back olive-brown ; breast the same, tinged 

 with rufous, forehead paler ; lower part of the back, rump, belly, 

 sides, upper and lower tail coverts, and lesser wing coverts olive 

 green ; thighs, olive yellow ; under wing coverts, and edge of the 



