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BANANA ORIOLE. 



Oriolus Bonana. 0. fulvus, capite pectoreque castaneisj dorso 

 remigibus rectricibusque nigris. Lin. Sijst. Nat. 



Fulvous Oriole, with chesnut head and breast, and black wings 

 and tail. 



Xanthornus. Briss. av. 2. p. 115. 

 Le Carouge. Bvf. ois. PL Enl 535. f, ]. 

 Bonana-Bird. Broxvn Jam. p. 477. 

 Bonana Oriole. Lat/i. syn. 



The length of this species is about seven inches, . 

 and in its colours it is somewhat allied to the , 

 Baltimore Oriole. The head, neck, and breast are 

 chesnut; the upper part of the back black; the 

 lower part, rump, belly, thighs, vent, and under 

 wing-coverts orange-red ; the vent varied with 

 chesnut : the greater wing-coverts, quills, and tail 

 black: bill black, with greyish base: legs grey. 

 The female differs in being of a less lively colour. 

 Native of the West Indian islands, building its 

 nest in a remarkable manner of fibres and leaves, 

 formed into the fourth part of a globe, and attached 

 to the under side of a Banana-leaf, in such a man- 

 ner that the leaf itself forms one side of the nest, 

 which, at first sight, appears to be made of horse- 

 hair, but on a nearer inspection is found to be 

 composed of branched fibres, and which are in 

 reality those of the Tillandsia usneoides. 



