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RED-BILLED ORIOLE. 



Oriolus rufirostris. O. nlwacetiSj occipite pennis elongatis cristafo, 

 nropygio castaneo, remigibus nigris, rectricibus lateralibus flavis, 

 rostro rubro. 



Olive Oriole, with the hindhead crested with lengthened fea- 

 thers, the rump chesnut, the quill-feathers blacky the lateral 

 tail-feathers yellow, and the bill red. 



Cassique vert de Cayenne. Buff. ois. PL Enl 328. 



Oriolus cristatus. var. y. Lath. ind. orn. 



This, which has been often considered as a 

 variety of the immediately preceding^ is, accord- 

 ing to Monsr.Sonnini,a truly distinct species, never 

 intermixing or associating with the former. Its 

 size is somewhat smaller, measuring about fourteen 

 inches in length : and is of an olive-green colour, 

 with the rump chesnut, the quill-feathers black, 

 the tail as in the former species, and the bill red. 

 It builds, according to Sonnini, in the same manner 

 as the Oriolus Cacicus, but not by the borders of 

 rivers, though always in moist places, and com- 

 monly on very high trees. It has not the strong 

 castor-like scent of the former, and its flesh is eat- 

 able. Monsr. Sonnini observes that the figure of 

 this species in the Planches Enlumine^s is too 

 highly coloured. Native of Cayenne, and also of 

 Peru, where it is said to be of a deeper or browner 

 cast than in Cayenne. 



