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Sp. 2. Le. Americanus. 



Oriolus Americanus. Shatv, v. vii. p. 428. 

 Sp. ,3. Le. Guianensis. 



Oriolus Guianensis. Shaw, v, vii. p. 428. 

 Sp. 4. Le. Suchii. Zoo/. Journ. (F'igors.) v. ii. p, 192. 

 Le. olivaceo-hrunneus pectore abdomine, ptilis^ tectricibus infe- 



rioribus uropygioque Jlavis ; rostro paululum elongate. 

 Olive-brown Leistes, with the breast, abdomen, wings, under- 



coverts and rump yellow, the beak a trifle elongated. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length nine inches and a third : 

 the beak and legs black : the quills and tail-feathers 

 brown beneath : the feathers of the vent olive-brown, 

 edged with yellow. 



Sp. 5. Le icterus. 



Oriolus icterus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 420. 

 Sp, 6. Le? xanthorinus. 



Oriolus xanthorinus. Shaxv, v. vii.jo. 432. 

 Sp. 7. he? melancholicus. 



Oriolus melancholicus. Shatv^ v. vii. p. 435. 



STIRPS II.— STURNINA, Vigors. 

 GENUS CLXVI.— STURNELLA, Vieillot. 



Rostrum rectum, integrum, 

 supra convexum, apice di- 

 latatum, obtusum ; man- 

 dibula superior basi gib- 

 bosa et inter frontis plu- 

 mas producta. 



Pollex tarn robustior et lon- 

 gior quam digitos laterales. 



Beak straight, intire, con- 

 vex above, dilated at the 

 tip, obtuse: the upper 

 mandible gibbous at the 

 base, and produced among 

 the frontal feathers. 



Hind-toe stouter and longer 

 than the lateral toes. 



