Rural School Leaflet 



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BIRDS TO BE RECOGNIZED IN 1912-1913* 

 The Editor 



Orchard oriole 



Orchard oriole. — Size : Smaller than a robin. 



General color: The whole head, neck, and tail are black; a broad black 

 band extending from the neck down the back. The rump, sides, breast, 

 and under parts are rich chestnut. 



Baltimore oriole. — Size: Larger than an English sparrow; smaller than 



a robin. 



General color : Orange and black. 



" How falls it, oriole, thou hast come to fly 

 In tropic splendor through our Northern sky? 

 At some glad moment was it nature's choice 

 To dower a scrap of sunset with a voice?" 



EDGAR FAWCETT 



*The descriptions of the birds were furnished by Dr. H. D. Reed. 



