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ORIOLE. 



46— YELLOW-THROATED ORIOLE. 



Oriolus virescens, Ind. Om. 185. Gm. Lin. i. 393. Shaw's Zool. vii. 444. 



Icterus virescens, Daud. ii. 1S5. 



Yellow-throated Oriole, Gen. Syn. Sup. 89. Arct. Zool. ii. 150. 



LENGTH nine inches, breadth fifteen and a half. Bill dusky; 

 over the eye a bright yellow streak ; cheeks and throat the same ; the 

 rest of the plumage tinged with green ; some of the wing coverts 

 tipped with white ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits Hudson's Bay. 



47— SHARP-TAILED ORIOLE— Pl. xliii. 



Oriolus caudacutus, Ind. Om. i. 1S6. Gm. Lin. i. 394. Shaw's Zool. >ii. 436. 

 Icterus caudacutus, Daud. ii. 354. 



Fringilla caudacuta, Sharp-tailed Finch, Amer. Om. iv. pl. 34. f. 3. 

 Sharp- tailed Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 438. pl. 17. Arct. Zool. ii. 152. 



SIZE of a Lark; length five inches and a quarter, extent of the 

 wings seven and a quarter. Bill dusky ; irides hazel ; crown and 

 cheeks brown ; above and below the latter, dusky yellow or orange ; 

 from the forehead a broad stripe of ash-colour passes down the 

 middle of the crown to the hind head, bounded on each side with a 

 darker one ; under parts from the breast dull, pale yellow, with dark 

 brown streaks ; the throat and middle of the belly white ; the back 

 varied with ash-colour and black, and a few curved marks of white ; 

 beneath the wings buff, spotted with black ; wing coverts and quills 

 dusky, edged with light reddish buff; tail a trifle cuneiform, the 

 feathers sharp-pointed, the colour much as in the quills, and seems 

 obscurely barred with a darker colour ; legs pale brown, or clay- 

 colour. 



