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RED ORIOLE. 



Oriolus ruber. 0. cinnabarinus, abdomine remigibus rectricihus- 



que nigro'sericeis. Lath ind. orn. 

 Cinnabar-red Oriole, with the abdomen, quill, and tail-feathers 



black. 



Troupiale rouge d' Antique. Sonner. my. 68. 

 Red Oriole. Lath, syn. 



Size of a Blackbird: head^ neck, back, and 

 thighs bright red : quills, belly, and tail deep black: 

 bill and legs blackish: native of Antigua in the islje 

 of Fanay. 



WEAVING ORIOLE. 



Oriolus Textor. 0, fuho-luteus, capite fusco-aureo, remigibus 

 rectricibusque nigris, margine fulvis. Lath. ind. orn. 



Fulvous-yellow Oriole, with golden-brown head, and black 

 wing and tail-feathers edged with fulvous. 



Le Cap- more. Buff, ois. 



Troupiale du Senegal. Fl. EnL 375. 376. 



Weaver Oriole. Lath. syn. 



Size of the European or Golden Oriole: colour 

 ,orange-yellow, with the quills and tail blackish, 

 edged with orange, and the head brown: varies 

 somewhat in colour in different specimens, and is 

 a native of Senegal: is remarkable for its disposi- 

 tion, when in a state of captivity, to interweave 

 any kind of vegetable or other filaments with 

 which it is supplied, between the wires of its cage ; 

 thus exhibiting proofs of its instinctive talent of 



