BLACK AND YELLOW ORIOLE. 
says, it is found in Brasil ; and in Cayenne, a 
French settlement to the north of the mouth 
.of the River of Amazons. My plate was 
engraved and "finished beforeBrisson's Ornitho- 
logy was published, otherwise I should not 
have engraved it." 
This is precisely the account given by Ed- 
wards : to which we shall add what Buffon has 
collected and remarked on the subject. 
" Wh^nwe compare," says he, " theCas- 
siques, with the Troupiales, the Carouges, 
and the Baltimores, all which have many 
common properties, we perceive that they are 
larger, that their bill is stronger, and that their 
legs are proportionably shorter ; not to men- ' 
tion the differences in the general appearance, 
which it would be difficult to describe. Several 
authors have given figures and descriptions of 
the Yellow Cassique, under different names, 
and scarcely two of these exactly correspond. 
The principal colours of the Yapou are 
constantly black and yellow: but the distribu- 
tion is not umformly the same, and varies in 
different 
