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CACIQUE ORIOLE. 



Oriolus Cacicus. 0. niger, dorso postico, macula tectricum, 



basique rectricum luteis. 

 Black Oriole, with the lower part of the back, spot on the 



wing-coverts, and base of the tail-feathers yellow. 

 Oriolus Persicus. Lin, 

 Cassicus luteus. Briss. ois. 

 Pica Persica Aldrovandi. Raii syn. 

 The Persian Pie. Will, orn.p. 132. 

 Black and Yellow Daw of Brasil. Edwards, pi. 31Q. 

 Le Cassique jaune du Bresil. Bvff, ois. PI. Enl. 184, 

 Black and Yellow Oriole. Lath. syn. 



The size of this species exceeds that, of a Black- 

 bird, and the colour is glossy black, sometimes 

 accompanied by a cast of violet: the wings are 

 marked by a large yellow spot, formed by the 

 edges of the greater coverts: the rump and base 

 of the tail, except on the two middle feathers, are 

 also yellow, and the legs black. It is a native of # 

 many parts of South-America, but particularly of 

 Cayenne, and is of a gregarious disposition, re- 

 sembling in that respect the Rooks of Europe, 

 great numbers building near each other, so that it 

 is said no less than four hundred nests have been 

 seen on the same tree: these nests are extremely 

 curious, being shaped like an alembic, and about 

 eighteen inches in length : the upper part, by 

 which it is fastened to the branch, is of a compact 

 substance, the lower or purse forming the true 

 nest : the whole is composed of dried grasses, and the 

 fibres of the parasitic plant called Tillandsia usne- 



