HUDSONIAN WHITE-HEADED ORIOLE. 441 



tinder tail-coverts saffron- colour, varied with black. 

 The young are said to be yellow, except the tips 

 of the wings, which are black. Native of New- 

 Spain. 



WHITE-HEADED ORIOLE. 



Oriolus leucocephalus, 0. nigra alboque varius, capite collo 

 abdomine uropygioque albis, Cauda cundformi. Lath. ind. orn, 



felack and white Oriole, with head, neck, abdomen, and rump 

 white, and cuneated tail. 



White-Headed Oriole. Fenn, A ret, Zool. 



Cassique de la Louisiane. Bz{^. ois, PI. Enl. 646. 



Described by Mr, Pennant. Length about ten 

 inches^: head, neck, belly, and rump white: the 

 rest of the plumage changeable violet-black, bor- 

 dered with white, or, in some parts, intermixed: 

 bill black; legs lead-colour: tail slightly cunei- 

 form. Native of Louisiana. 



VarJ 



HUDSONIAN WHITE-HEADED ORIOLE. 



Described by Mr. Pennant. Length eight inches 

 and a half : head and throat pure white: ridge of 

 the wing, some of the under coverts, the first pri- 

 mary, and the thiglis, of the same colour: all the 

 rest of the bird dusky, in some parts glossed with 

 green: on the breast a few oblong white streaks: 

 bill and legs dusky. Inhabits Hudson's Bay, 

 where it is extremely rare : perhaps a sexual dif- ' 

 ference of the immediately preceding. 



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