PLATE Vil. 
ORIOLUS oy bee Wh 
GoLpEN ORIOLE. 
Pics. 
Bill compreffed, convex. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill ftrait, conic, fharp pointed; edges cultrated, inclining inwards ; 
mandibles of equal length. Noftrils fmall; at the bafe of the bill, and 
partly covered. “Tongue divided at the end. “Toes three forward, 
one backward; the middle joined near the bafe to the outmeft one. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 
r AND 
_ SYNONYMS. 
Bill biennial. Trides red; General colour of the plumage 
fine golden yellow 5 between the bill and eye a ftreak of black. 
Wings black, with a - patch of yellow on the middle. Tail yellow 
except the ‘two mid dle feathers ; 3 all the reft black, from the bafe to 
the riddle Black; and thence to their tips yellow. Legs black in- 
elining to a lead albu: claws black. 
ORIOLUS Garnura, Linn. Syft. Isp. 160, N° x. 
A open, Suec. N° gs. 
‘ 7 aes Reife. p. 165. 
Sepp. Vog. pl. in. p. 19. 
Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. 449. 43.—Suppli 8g. 
Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 626. 4. 
Cokactas Ortotus. Scop. Ann. 1. p.41. N° 45.—Faun. arab. pee 
OrioLus.’ Gefner. av.713.—Aldr. av. 1. 418. 
D GoLDEN 
