134 ORIOLE. 



50— ANTIGUAN YELLOW ORIOLE. 



Oriolusflavus, J»d. Om. i. 179. Gm. Lin. i. 389. Daud. ii. 347. Shaw's Zool. vii. 420. 

 Troupiale jaune d'Antigue, Son. Voy. 13. t. 69. 

 Troupiale a tete jaune, Voy. oVAzara, iii. No. 66. 

 Antiguan Yellow Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 432. 



SIZE of the last. Bill blackish ; head, neck before, breast, and 

 belly, the colour of yellow orpiment ; neck behind, wings, and tail 

 black, and like velvet ; legs blackish. 



Found with the last — Said to inhabit also the New Continent, 

 about the River Plate, in South America ; called there Ventre-con- 

 colore. This M. Azara confirms, and that it is seven inches and a 

 half long, and twelve broad ; very common in Paraguay, quite to 

 Buenos Ayres, sometimes in flocks with other species, often approach- 

 ing houses. Male and female alike. 



51.— KINK ORIOLE. 



Oriolus Sinensis, Ind. Orn. i. 186. Gm. Lin. i. 394. 

 Oriolus Buffonianus, Shaiv's Zool. vii. 437. 

 Le Kink, Buf. iii. 253. PI. enl. 617. 

 Kink Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 448. 



SIZE of a Thrush. Bill reddish brown ; head, neck, and upper 

 part of the back greyish ash-colour ; the rest of the plumage white ; 

 quills the colour of polished steel, with a violet green gloss ; tail 

 short, rounded; the two middle feathers as the quills, with white 

 tips ; the two next the same, but the white increasing to the outer 

 ones, which are mostly white, the base only being steel-coloured ; 

 legs flesh-colour. 



Inhabits China — seems a species between an Oriole and Thrush, 

 partaking of both. 



