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SHARP-TAILED ORIOLE. 



Oriolus caudacutus. 0. suhferrugineO'Cinereus, albido nigroque 

 'variuSj cauda subfasciata, rectricibus acuminatis. 



Subfermginous ash-coloured Oriole, with black and whitish 

 variegations, and obscurely fasciated tail with pointed 

 feathers. 



Oriolus caudacutus. 0. mviiis^ rectricibus opice aciminatisc 



Lath. ind. orn. 

 Sharp-Tailed Oriole. Lath. syn. 



Size similar to that of the Schomberger, to which 

 this species is considerably allied in point of co- 

 lour, being of a cinereous brown above, with 

 blackish and white variegations, and beneath of a 

 pale orange-yellow, spotted with brown: sides of 

 the head dull orange, w^ith a brown stripe across 

 the eyes, widening into a patch beneath: crown 

 brown : wing-feathers brown with ferruginous 

 edges: throat and lower part of the abdomen 

 white: tail olive, with obscure dusky bars, and 

 with the feathers sharp-pointed : bill and legs 

 brown. Native of North America: first described 

 by Mr. Pennant. 



