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RED WINGED ORIOLE. 
Oriolus pjeheniceus. Lyn. Syst. i. p. 16 1. No. 5 . 
Le Troupiale a'ailes rouges. Bris. Orn. ii.fi. 97. No. J2. 
Le Commandeur . Buf. Ois. Hi. fi. 214 . 
Red-winged Starling. Cat. Garol.pl. 13. 
Red-winged Oriole. Lath. Gen. Syn. i. fi. 42 8 . 
This bird is a native of America, and peculiar to that quarter of the 
globe: it is about the size of a starling. They are found in Virginia, 
Carolina, Mexico, 8cc. inhabiting the cold as well as warm countries. 
1 hey appear in Louisiana in the winter only, and at that season are so 
numeious, that more than three hundred have been taken by once drawing 
the nets. 1 hese nets are spread in some place devoid of grass, at the side 
ol a wood, on which they strew rice and other grain: it often happens 
that so many are caught that they are obliged to dispatch them on the 
spot, as it would be impossible to secure so many alive. 
They aie esteemed the pest of the colonies, making such dreadful havock 
among the maize and other grain, both when new sown, and when ripe, 
that they have obtained the name of Maize Thief. 
They build their nests in bushes and among the reeds, in retired swamps, 
in a pensile form, leaving it suspended at so judicious a height, and by so 
wonderous an instinct, that the highest floods never reach to destroy it; the 
nest is strong, made externally with broad grass, a little plaistered, thickly 
lined with bent, or withered grass. The eggs are white, thinly and irre- 
gularly streaked with black. 
The female differs from the male in being smaller, in having a mixture 
of grey in its plumage, and in the circumstance of the red in her wings 
being more obscure. 
