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SMALLER BLACK ORIOLE. 



Oriolus minor. 0. niger nitidus capite ccerulescente. Lath, 

 ind. orn. 



iGlossy-black Oriole, with blueish head. 



Petit Troupiale noir. Buff. ois. 



Troupiale de la Caroline. P/. EnL 6o6,f, 1 . (fern,) 



Lester Black Oriole. Lath, syn. 



Length near seven inches: bill black: in the 

 female the head is of a less intense black than in 

 the male, and the wings and tail are of a blueish 

 cast. Described hj BufTon. Native of North- 

 America. 



STRIPED-HEADED ORIOLE. 



Oriolus radiatus. 0. luteo-rubescejis, capite colloque subtus nigri' 



cantibus albo punctatis, tectricibus alarum remigibusque nigris 



margine albis. Lath. ind. orn, 

 Luteo-rubescent Oriole, with the head and the neck beneath 



blackish speckled with white, and the wing-coverts and 



quill-feathers black edged with white. 

 . Merula bicolor. Aldrov, 

 Le Loriot a tete ray^e. Buff, bis. 

 Striped-Headed Oriole. Lath. syn. 



Size rather smaller than that of a Blackbird: 

 head and throat black with white tips, giving the 

 appearance of being elegantly striped: wings 

 black, the feathers edged with white: remainder of 

 the bird orange-coloured: bill and legs the same. 

 Native country unknown. Described by Aldro- 

 vandus. 



