. Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities . /. .►/A/.i .tin Ihu.; d OvioU I i aj 22 ICTERUS Hangnest. Fam. Sturnidae.—Sub-Fam. Icterina (Nobis).Bill lengthened, conic, acute, entire, the commissure not short, adapted for perching; claws strong, fully curved. Generic black ; both mandibles slightly bent ; 7iostrils furnished ivitha membrane; tail
. Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities . /. .►/A/.i .tin Ihu.; d OvioU I i aj 22 ICTERUS Hangnest. Fam. Sturnidae.—Sub-Fam. Icterina (Nobis).Bill lengthened, conic, acute, entire, the commissure not short, adapted for perching; claws strong, fully curved. Generic black ; both mandibles slightly bent ; 7iostrils furnished ivitha membrane; tail lengthened, graduated; wings slightlyrounded. Nob. Specific Character. Black, not glossy ; lesser wing-covers above yellow, beneath black margined by yellow ; legs Cayanensis. Lin. \.p. 163. Xanthornus Cayanensis. Brisson. Orn. 2. p. 123. pi. 9. /. de St. Thomas. PI. Enl. 535. /. Pye. Edwards, pi. 322 ?In Mus. Nost. The Starlings of the old continent, are represented inAmerica by a tribe of birds formerly denominated Orioles,but which we shall distinguish by the name of are gregarious and noisy; living both upon insects,fruits, and grain. Their nests are purse-shaped, wov
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