ORIOLE, 133 



Inhabits America; not unfrequently found about New York. A 

 specimen brought from thence in Miss Blackburn's collection, from 

 which Mr. Pennant obtained his description. — Mr. Wilson observes, 

 that it has the same manners, and associates with the Sea-side Finch, 

 but is by far a less numerous species. 



48— AOONALASCHKAN ORIOLE. 



Oriolus Aoonalaschkensis, Ind. Orn. i. 186. Gm. Lin. i. 394. Shaw's Zool. vii. 444. 



Daud.'n. 354. (Icterus). 

 Aoonalashkan Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 447. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 151. 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill brown; plumage brown above, 

 the middle of the feathers darker ; between the bill and eye a white 

 mark ; wing coverts and second quills edged with ferruginous ; prime 

 quills brown; tail the same, with ferruginous edges; chin dirty 

 white ; on each side, under the throat, a diverging mark of brown ; 

 neck before, and breast rusty brown ; middle of the belly plain ; 

 sides dusky ; legs brown. 



Inhabits Aoonalashka. 



49 —RED ORIOLE. 



Oriolus ruber, Ind. Orn. i. 179. Gm. Lin. i. 388. Shaw's Zool. vii. 429. 



Icterus ruber, Daud. ii. 346. 



Troupiale rouge d'Antigue, Son. Voy. 113. t. 68. 



Red Oriole, Gen. Syn.u. 431. 



SIZE of a Blackbird. Bill blackish ; irides fire-coloured ; head, 

 neck, back, and thighs vermilion red ; quills, belly, and tail velvet 

 black ; legs blackish. 



Inhabits the Isle of Panay. 



