BLACK-HEADED ORIOLE. 
Generic Character. 
Bill conic, convex, very sharp-pointed, strait: 
the upper mandible rather longer than the 
lower, and slightly emarginated. 
Tongue bifid, sharp-pointed. 
Feet formed for walking. 
Specific Character, &c. 
Yellow ORIOLE, with the head, remiges, and 
tips of the middle tail-feathers black. 
Le Loriot de la Chine. 
Buff. 3 . p. 2O2. 
BLACK-HEADED Indian Icterus. 
Edw. pi. 77 - 
The Oriolus melanocephalus is a native of India, 
China, and many other parts of the East Indies, 
as well as of some parts of Africa. The plate repre¬ 
sents it about half the natural size or rather smaller. 
