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SMALLER BANANA ORIOLE. 



Oriolus Xanthornus. 0. luteus, gula remigibus rectricibusqiie 



nigris. Lin. Si/st. Nat. 

 Luteous Oriole, with black throat, quillj and tail-feathers. 

 Le petit Cul-jaune de Cayenne. Bitf'. ois. 

 Carouge du Mexique, Fl. Enl. 5.f. J. 

 Lesser Bonana-Bird. Edwards, pi. 243. 

 Lesser Bonana Oriole. Lath, syn. 



Length seven inches and a half : colours as de- 

 scribed in the specific character : wing-coverts 

 black, the greater part of them edged with white; 

 and in some specimens entirely white, forming a 

 'bar across the wing: the yellow of the body also 

 has sometimes a cast of olive. Native of South 

 America. This bird was by Linnaeus named, 

 through oversight, Oriolus Mexicanus, a name 

 which he had before applied to a different species. 



FORK-TAILED ORIOLE. 



Oriolus furcatus. 0. niger, alis caudaque subccerukscentibm^ 



Cauda elongataforficata. 

 Black Oriole, with the wings and tail inclining to blueish, th© 



latter lengthened and forked. 

 Icterus Cauda bifida. Briss, av. 2. p. 105. 

 Turdus niger Mexicanus. Seb. 1. t. 65, f. 4, 

 Fork-Tailed Oriole. Lath, syn. 



Size of a Blackbird : colour wholly black, except 

 the rump, quills, and tail, which have a blueish 

 cast, and the vent, which is white: bill yellow; 

 kgs black. Native of Mexico. 



