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KEY TO TIIK 15IHDS or KASTKUN NOIJTI1 A.MKUICA. 



FAMILY ICTERID^E. 



Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadow Larks, etc. 



First primary, not short; base of bill slightly dividing the feathers of 

 the forehead ; nostrils, exposed ; outer tail feathers, shorter than middle 

 feathers. 



Group 1. Wing, less than 3.75 inches long. 



Section 1. The following species have the underparts 

 more or less marked with either yellow, orange, or chestnut 

 brown. 



Hi-ail and throat, black; undo-part-, orange yellow ; back, black. Baltimore Oriole. 



, IrtlTHft i/illlilll" I in'' 



See No. :t7'.l. 



Head, more or le.-s marked with black; back, blackish; underparts. orange, paler 

 than the male. Baltimore Oriole. 



See No. :!7'.. 



Crown and back, dull olive, faintly tinned with vellow on rump: nnderparts. pah- 

 yellow. usually with taiut orange tinge; wing, over 3.45. Baltimore Oriole. 



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See No. :<7',i. 



Head and back, black: rest of under- 

 parts, chestnut brown. 



Orchard Oriole. 



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 See No. 378. 



Crown and back, greenish, without 

 -tripe-: underparl-. yellow (not 

 orange); wing, under 3.45. 



Orchard Oriole. 



let, rn ft fi/mriitft / inuli . 

 See No. :57S. 



Crown, with yellow hull in centre, 

 bordered by black: back, streaked 

 with black; underpart-. pale yel- 

 low, tinged with hull ; tail feather-, 



pointed. 



Bobolink. Rice Bird. 



See No. :*70. 



( iii-lianl Oriole. 



