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ACOLCHI ORIOLE. 



Oriolus Acolchi. 0. luteus, capite alisque nigriSf cauda fascia 



transversa nigra. 

 Luteous Oriole, v/ith black head and wings, and a black bar 



across the tail. 



Oriolus Novae Hispaniae. 0. luteus^ capite gula alis rectricibus' 

 que nigris, tectricibus alarum majoribus apice luteis. Lath;ind. 

 orn, 



Mexican Oriole. Lath. syn. 

 Acolchichi. Seb.l.t.55.f,4. 



Size of a Blackbird: bill and legs yellow: head 

 and wings black, the smaller coverts slightly tipped 

 with yellow, forming two or three spots of that 

 colour on the shoulder-parts: towards the tip of 

 the tail is a black bar. Native, according to Seba, 

 of South -America, but, from his figure, appears to 

 be nothing more than the O. melanocepkalus, be- 

 fore described as one of the varieties of the Golden 

 Oriole. 



MEXICAN ORIOLE. 



Oriolus Mexicanus. 0. flams, vertice alis caudaque nigricanti« 

 bus. 



Yellow Oriole, with blackish crown, wings and tail. 



Oriolus Mexicanus. 0. nigricans, subtus capiteque luteus, Lin, 



Syst, Nat. No.8.? 

 Black-Crowned Oriole. Lath, syn, 

 Troupiale jaune a calotte noire. Buff. ois. PI. Enl. 533. 



Size of a Blackbird: bill and legs yellowish: 

 wing-coverts edged with yellowish-^rey: quills 

 and tail black. Native of Cayenne. 



