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CRESTED ORIOLE. 



oides, which fibres, in their dry state, bear a near 

 resemblance to horse-hair, which is also sometimes 

 mixed in the composition. 



This species is of a proHfic nature, and is said 

 sometimes to breed thrice a year : it is also said to 

 be easily tamed, and in a state of domesticity to 

 become extremely familiar, but has an unpleasant 

 smell, resembling that of Castor. Its manners 

 are in the highest degree pleasing; it learns to 

 speak, in the manner of a Parrot, laughs, barks 

 like a dog, &c. &c. 



CRESTED ORIOLE. 



Oriolus cristatus. 0. ater crista f us, (femina olivacea,) dorso 



postico uropygio crissoque castaneis, rectricibus lateralibus flavis. 

 Black crested Oriole (the female olive,) with the lower part 



of the backj the rump, and vent chesnut, and the lateral 



tail-feathers yellow. 

 Oriolus cristatus. 0. aterrimus, vertice pennis aliquot elongatis 



cristato, Lin^ Gmel. 

 Xanthornus maximus. Pall. spic. zool. 

 Le Cassique huppe de Cayenne. BuJ^, ois. PL Enl. 344, 

 Crested Oriole. Lath. syn. 

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This is the largest species yet known, and is a 

 native of Surinam. Its size is that of a Magpie, 

 and its length from eighteen to twenty inches: 

 the colour of the male is black, with the lower 

 part of the back, the rump, and vent chesnut, and 

 the lateral tail-feathers yellow: the head is fur- 

 nished with a narrow, recumbent crest: the bill is 

 of a dull yellow, and the legs black : the female is 



