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ORIOLUS GALBULA 
GOLDEN ORIOLE. 
Generic Character. 
Bill conical^ convex^ straight^ sharp pointed, edges 
cultrated; the upper mandible slightly notched. 
Nostrils small_, partly covered. 
Tongue bifida sharp pointed, cartilagenous. 
Toes four, three forward, one backward; the centre 
toe joined at the base to the outer one. ' 
Oriolus Galbulus; corpore luteus, loris artubusque 
nigris; rectricibus exterioribus postice 
flavis. 
Golden Oriole. Body yellow, lores and limbs blacky 
outer tail feathers tipped with yellow. 
Oriolus Galbula. Lin, S^st. v I, p, 160. Gmel. 
S^st. V. ]. p. 382. Fauna Suec, 95, 
Latham Ind. Orn. v. I. p. ISG. 
Oriolus. Gesner Av. 713. Aldi\ Av. 1. 418. lb. 
Svo, 1. p. 247 
Galbula. Rati. Syn. Av, p, 68. Will Orn. p. 147. 
t. 36. 38. 
Le Loiret. Ruffon, v. 3. p,.2bi. t. 17. Hist, d'ois, 
V. 3. p. 284. Brisson Av. 2, p. 320. 58. 
PL Enl, 26. Temm, Man, Orn, ed, 2. 
p. 129. 
Witwall. Will. Angl, jo. 198. 
Golden Thrush. Edwards, I, 185. 
Golden Oriole. Jrct. Zool. v, 2, p. 26. Br, Zool, 
^vo. ed. V. 1. p, 303. pi, xxxix. Lath, 
Syn. V. 2. p. 449. lb. Sup, 1. p. 89. lb. 
