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GOLDEN ORIOLE. 



Oriolus Galbula. 0. luteus, loris alis caudaque nigris, rectricihus 

 apice JlaDis. 



Gold-yellow Oriole, with black lores, wings and tail, the latter 

 yellow at the tip, i 



Oriolus Galbula. 0. luieus, loris artubusque nigris, rectricibus 

 exterioribus postice flams. Lin, Syst, Nat, 



Coracias Oriolus. Lin. Faun. Suec. 



driolus. Gesn. av. 713. Briss. av, 2. p. 380. 



Chlorion. Gesn. av. 261. 



Galbula, seu Picus nidum suspendens. Rati syn. 



The Witwall. Will. orn. 



The Golden Thrush. Edw. pi. 185. 



Golden Oriole. Lath. syn. Penn. Brit. Zoul, 



Le Loriot. Bi/ff. ois. PI. Enl. 26. 



The Golden Oriole, or, as it has been some- 

 times named, the Golden Thrush, is one of the most 

 beautiful of the European birds, and, during the 

 summer months, is an inhabitant of many of the 

 temperate and warmer parts of the Continent; but 

 has very rarely been observed in our own country. 

 In some parts of France it is not uncommon. Its 

 size is that of the Common Thrush, and its colour 

 a very fine bright golden yellow, except the wings 

 and tail, which are black, but the quill-feathers 

 and some of the larger coverts are tipped with 

 yellow; the latter forming a small yellow spot on 

 the edge of the wing: the tail is black, but all the 

 feathers, except the two middle ones, are tipped, 

 for about a third part of their length, with yellow: 

 the irides are red: the bill is brownish-red, and 

 between the bill and eye is a black stripe: the 



