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ORIOLINtE. oriolus. 
being very similar ; and, therefore, it will suffice to give 
their principal characters, especially as we have very few 
species of most of them. 
FAMILY XIV. OEIOLINiE. OEIOLINE 
BIEDS, OR ORIOLES. 
Bill rather long, stout, nearly straight, rather broad at 
the base, compressed toward the encl ; upper mandible 
with the dorsal line slightly arched, the ridge narrow, the 
edges sharp, with a slight notch close to the small deflect- 
ed tip ; lower mandible with the angle of moderate length, 
the sides nearly erect, the edges sharp, the dorsal line 
nearly straight, the tip acute. Mouth of moderate width ; 
tongue slender, emarginate and paipillate at the base, thin 
and horny toward the tip, which is bifid. Nostrils oblong. 
Head oblong, of moderate size ; neck rather short. Tar- 
sus short, or moderate, compressed, with seven anterior 
scutella ; toes of moderate size, with large scutella, the 
first stout, the fourth a little longer than the second, and 
united at the base to the third ; claws of moderate length, 
arched, compressed, laterally grooved, acute. Plumage 
generally blended ; short bristles ; wings rather long, the 
first quill scarcely half the length of the third, which is 
longest ; tail rather long, straight, slightly rounded. 
The Oriolinee belong to the warmer regions of the Old 
Continent. 
GENUS XXXV. ORIOLUS. ORIOLE. 
Bill rather long, stout, nearly straight, as broad as high at 
the base ; upper mandible with the ridge narrow, the sides 
sloping at the base. Tarsus short, compressed, with seven 
distinct scutella ; toes of moderate size, the anterior little 
spreading, being united at the base ; claws of ordinary length, 
arched, acute. Wings rather long, the first quill short, the 
third and fourth longest ; tail of moderate length, straight, 
rounded. 
