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BUFFONIAN ORIOLE. 



Oriolus Buffbnianus. 0. capite curporeque antcriore cafiisg 



posteriore tectricibusque albis, remigibus 7iigris, cauda albo 



nigroque dimidiata. 

 Oriole with head and fore-parts of the body grey^ hind parts 



and wing-coverts white^ quill-feathers black, and tail black 



and white, 



Oriolus Sinensis. 0. albus, capite coUo dorso anteriore pectore- 

 que griseo-cinereiSf remigibus chalybeiS) rectricibus albo chaly- 

 beoquc dimidiatis. Lath. ind. orn. 



LeKink. Buff. ois. Pl.Enl.6i7. 



Kink Oriole. Lath, syn. 



Described by the Count de Buffon, who says it 

 is smaller than a Blackbird, with the head, neck, 

 beginning of the back, and the breast, ash-grey, 

 which on the upper parts gradually deepens as it 

 approaches the back: the rest of the body, both 

 above and below, is white, as are also the wing- 

 coverts, but the wings are black, with greenish 

 and violet reflexions, like polished steel : the tail 

 is short, rounded, and varied with steel-colour and 

 white, the two middle feathers being of the former 

 colour, with white tips, the rest gradually exhibit- 

 ing a greater quantity of white to the two outside 

 ones, which are white with a steel-coloured spot 

 at the base: the bill is red, and -the legs flesh- 

 colour. Native of China. 



