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WHISTLER ORIOLE. 



part of the head: throat and under side of the 

 neck, the breast, and back, black edged with pale 

 ferruginous : bill dusky : wings and tail black, 

 with a gloss of green. Native of North America, 

 appearing in New York in the latter end of Octo- 

 ber, and making but a short stay; being probably 

 on its way southwards from Hudson's Bay, where 

 it is also found. 



WHISTLER ORIOLE. 



Oriolus viridis. 0, fusco-oli'oaceus, suhtus uropygioque uridi- 

 olivaceus, remigibus fuscis extus oUvaceis intus albicantibus. 

 Lath. ind. orn. 



Brown- olive Oriole, beneath and on the rump green-olive, 

 with brown quill-feathers, olivaceous on their outer and 

 ■whitish on their inner edges. / . 



Icterus minor viridis. Briss. av, 



Troapiale de St. Domingue, Siffleur. Buff, ois, PI, EnL 236. 

 Whistler Oriole. Lath, syn. 



Described by Brisson. Length near seven 

 inches: head, throat, neck, and upper part of the 

 back olive-brown: breast the same, but with a 

 cast of rufous : lower part of the back, rump, 

 belly, sides, upper and lower tail-coverts, and 

 smaller wing-coverts, olive-green: under wing- 

 coverts and edge of the wing yellow: larger wing- 

 coverts brown with yellow edges: tail olive: bill 

 dusky ; legs grey. Native of St. Domingo. 



