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OMNIVOROUS BIRDS. 



the breeding season they are usually seen in pairs ; and make very in- 

 genious pensile nests. Allied somewhat to the warblers of the sub- 

 genus Dacnis. 



BALTIMORE ORIOLE, or GOLDEN ROBIN. 



{Icterus haltimorc, Bonap. Oriolns haltimore, Wilson, 1. p. 23. pi. 1. 

 fig. 3. [male] and 6. p. 88. pi. 53. fig. 4. [female.] Audubon, 

 pi. 12. [a nest, and very fine group.] Philad. Museum. No.) 



Sp. Charact. — Tail nearly even. — Male orange; head, neck 

 back, wings, and tail, black ; the lateral tail feathers orange 

 at the summit. — Female and yovvg, with the orange color pale ; 

 the black also greyish, mottled with yellow, and the tail orange. 



