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Sp. 2. Ch. Persicus. Vigors. 



Oriolus Cacicus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 

 Sp. 3. Ca. hsemorrhous. Vigors. 



Oriolus beemorrhous. Shaw, v. ji. A\7 ' 



Vt. Caudd rotundata. 



B, With the tail rounded. 



Sp. 4. Ca. cristatus. 



Oriolus cristatus. Shaxu, v. vii. p. 414, fsem. —Oriolus rufi- 

 rostris. Shavo, v. vii. p. 



GENUS CLXV.- 



Rostrum elongatum, eras- 

 sum, rectum, acutum, basi 

 altum : mandihula superior 

 basi inter frontis plumas 

 retrorsum extendente ; in- 

 ferior margine angulato, 

 mandibularum margiuibus 

 introrsum inclinantibus. 



Alod mediocres : remiges 

 quartae extimae fere aequa- 

 les longissimi. 



Cauda mediocris, aequalis, 

 rectricum apice angulato, 

 rhachibus plerumque pro- 

 longatis, nudis. 



Pedes mediocres; tarsi gra- 

 cili. 



Agelaijs {ipars) Vieillot. 



LEISTES, Vigors. 



Beak elongated, thick, 

 straight, acute, high at the 

 base: the upper mandible 

 at the base extending 

 among the feathers of the 

 forehead; the margin of 

 the lower angulated ; the 

 edges of the mandibles 

 inclining inwardly. 



Wings moderate: the four 

 outer quills nearly equal, 

 longest. 



Tail moderate, equal, with 

 the feathers angulated at 

 the tip, the shafts fre- 

 quently prolonged, naked. 



Legs moderate ; tarsi slen- 

 der. 



Sp. 1 . Le. phoeniceus. 



Or. phoeniceus. Shaw, v. vii. p, 421. — Sturnus praedatorius. 

 Wils, Amer. Orn, v. iy. 30. jd. 30.^/ 1, 2. 



