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PICOID GRAKLE. 



Gracula Picoides. G. rufa, capite collo pecforeque alio maculatis, 

 Cauda suhrotundata, rectricibus apice aculeatis. 



Rufous Grakle, with the head, neck, and breast spotted with 

 white, and slightly rounded tail with the feathers aculeated 

 at the tips. 



Oriolus Pious. 0. ri/fus, capite collo et pectore albo maculatis, 



Cauda rotundata. Lin. Gmel. 

 Le Talapiot. Buff. ois. PL EnL 605. 

 Clirtibing Oriole. Lath. syn. 



Described by BufFon, under the name of Tala- 

 piot : length about seven inches : bill yellowish 

 grey, an inch and quarter long, strait, and pointed: 

 general colour of the bird rufous, the head, neck, 

 and breast spotted with white, and the under parts 

 of the body of a browner cast than the upper: tail 

 about two inches long, rounded at the end, each 

 feather terminated by a slightly lengthened shaft 

 or point. Native of Guiana, where it resides on 

 trees, climbing in the manner of a Creeper or 

 Woodpecker. The straitness of the bill however, 

 as Mr. Latham observes, prevents its being pro- 

 perly ranked with the Creepers, and the feet, being 

 not formed in the same manner as in the AVood- 

 peckers, equally prohibit it from being arranged 

 under the genus Picus. It is said to be often found 

 in company with the following species, with which 

 it has evidently a considerable degree of affmity. 



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