RED-SHOULDERED ORIOLE. 



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either black or lead-colour. Native of the lower 

 parts of North, and of many parts of South- America, 

 as well as of the West-Indian islands, and particu- 

 larly Jamaica. It is a bird of a lively disposition, 

 and in a state of domesticity exhibits a high degree 

 of docility; following those who have the care of 

 it, descending from a tree or house on being called 

 by its name, and delighting to be handled and 

 played with in the manner of a lapdog. It is of a 

 gregarious nature, and builds a very curious pend- 

 ent nest, of a cylindrical form, and suspended by 

 its upper part to the extreme twig of a branch. 

 Great numbers of these nests are often built on 

 the same tree, especially in the neighbourhood of 

 houses. This species is often domesticated in 

 America, for the sake of destroying insects of vari- 

 ous kinds. It is also said sometimes to attack and 

 prey upon other birds. 



RED-SHOULDERED ORIOLE. 



Oriolus phoeniceus. 0. niger, humeris phaniceis Jlam margin^ 

 atis. 



Black Oriole, with crimson shoulders, margined with yellow. 

 Oriolus phoeniceus. 0. wiger, alarum tectricibus fulvis, Lin, 

 Syst. Nat. 



The Red- Winged Starling. Catesby Carol. pL 13. 

 Le Commandeur. Buff. ois. 

 Le Troupiale a ailes rouges. PI. Enl. 402. 

 Red- Winged Oriole. Lath. syn. 



The size of this species is that of a Starling, 

 and its colour black, the smaller wing-coverts ex- 



