430 HANG-NEST ORIOLE. 



nidification. Its note is said to be strong and 

 sharp. 



HANG-NEST ORIOLE. 



Oriolus nidipendulus. 0. ruhro-fuscus, alis albo variis, pedore 

 abdomine colloque lateribus festaceo-ferrugineis, medio linea 

 nigra. Lath. ind. orn. 



Red-brown Oriole, with the wings varied with white, the breast, 

 belly, and neck pale ferruginous, with a black middle line. 



Icterus minor nidum suspendens. Sloane Jam. p. 300. 



Hang-nest Oriole. Lath. syn. 



This species is described by Sir Hans Sloane in 

 his History of Jamaica, who tells us that the bill 

 is white, surrounded by a black line: the crown 

 of the head, neck, back, and tail reddish-brown: 

 the wings deeper, intermixed with white, and a 

 black line down the middle of the neck, the sides 

 of which, as well as the breast and belly, are of a 

 philemot colour: he adds, that he had seen one 

 which had a yellower back, the breast and belly 

 bright yellow^ and the bill black. This bird, ac- 

 cording to Sir Hans, builds in woods, making its 

 nest of the internal fibres of the parasitic plant 

 popularly known in the West Indies by the title 

 of old man's beard, (Tillandsia usneoides. Lin.) 

 The nest is placed on the extreme twigs of the tree 

 on which it is built. 



