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BOBOLINK. 



Adult male in summer. Top, sides of head and under parts black, the feathers 

 more or less tipped with a narrow whitish or cream buff fringe which wears off as the 

 season advances; back of the neck with a large creamy buff patch; middle of back 

 generally streaked with creamy; scapulars, lower back, and upper tail coverts, soiled 

 grayish white ; wings and tail black ; tail feathers with pointed tips ; bill blue black. 



Adult female. Upper parts yellowish brown streaked with black; crown 

 blackish, with a central stripe of buff; wings and tail blackish, pale edged; under 

 parts yellowish. 



Male in the autumn. Similar to female. 



MEADOWLAEK. 



Each feather of the back blackish margined with brownish yellow, neck the 

 same but pattern smaller, crown streaked with black and brown, a buffy line through 

 the centre and over eye, a yellow spot over eye and a blackish line behind it ; outer 

 tail feathers mostly white, middle ones with imperfect bars or scallops of black brown 

 and gray, sides of throat and ear coverts whitish; edge of wing and under parts gen- 

 erally bright yellow; a black crescent on the breast; sides and crissum pale brownish, 

 .streaked with black. 



Female. Similar smaller L., about 9.50. 



Male. L., 10.75; W., 4.75; T., 3.75. 



Xest, on the ground, generally arched over. Eggs, four to six, white, spotted 

 with reddish brown. 



BALTIMORE ORIOLE. 



Adult male. Head, neck, throat and back black; breast, belly, lower back and 

 lesser wing coverts, rich reddish orange; wings black, the outer margin of the 

 greater coverts and quills edged with white; end half of middle tail feathers black, 

 base orange ; all the others orange, crossed by a black band in the middle. 



Adult female. Upper parts grayish orange, brighter on the rump; head and 

 back mottled with black, wings grayish brown; greater and middle coverts tipped 

 with white, tail like the rump, the middle feathers stained with black, under parts 

 dull orange. 



L., 7.50; A¥., 3.50; T., 2.85. 



Nest, pensile, on trees. Eggs, four to six, white scrawled and dotted with fine 

 black or reddish brown markings, chiefly toward the larger end. 



ORCHARD ORIOLE. 



Adult male. Head, neck, throat, upper back black; breast, belly, lower back 

 and lesser wing coverts chestnut; wings and tail dark grayish brown more or less 

 edged or tipped with whitish. 



Adult female. Upper parts grayish olive green, brighter on the head and 

 rump; wings dark grayish brown, middle and greater coverts tipped with whitish, 

 tail olive green ; under parts dull yellow. 



