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Far,? 



Orioliis Capensis. Olive Oriole. Lath. Length 

 seven inches: colour above olive-brov^n, beneath 

 yellow: crown of the head greyish; throat and 

 fore part of the neck dull orange : edge of the wing 

 yellow: coverts and quills brown, with olive edges 

 and tips: tail the same. Said to vary sometimes, 

 according to BufTon, in having the throat black. 

 Native of North America, and seems too much 

 allied to the immediately preceding to be consi- 

 dered as specifically distinct, and perhaps the 

 same may be said of the Yellow-throated Oriole^ 

 before described. 



BLUE ORIOLE. 



Oriolus caeruleus. 0. cinereo-mgricans, capife alis caudaqm 

 cderuleis. 



Blackish- grey Oriole, with blue head, wings and tail. 

 Pica Maderaspatana minima. Kaii syn. 

 Blue Oriole. Lath, syuj 



Described long ago by Ray, under the name 

 of Small Blue Jay : colour raven-grey or blackish, 

 with blue head, wings, and tail, and rufous bill: 

 said to inhabit India, and to be the smallest of 

 all the Orioles yet discovered. 



