258 CITIZEN BIRD 



*'I didn't know there was but one kind," answered 

 Rap. " Anyway, this one makes a long nest hanging 

 from the end of a branch ; he is a good fighter if any 

 one touches it, and can keep away squirrels and chip- 

 munks like a little man." 



" There are seven different species of North American 

 Orioles," said the Doctor ; "but you are only likely to 

 see two of them — the hammock-maker and the bas- 

 ket-maker. This one, the hammock-maker, who has 

 just flown by, is called the Baltimore Oriole, because 

 George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, on landing in this 

 country in 1628, is said to have admired the colors of 

 the bird and adopted them for his coat of arms. Some 

 called him Fire-bird, because he is so flaming orange 

 on some parts, and others Hang-nest, from the way he 

 slings his hammock. 



" The plainer black and chestnut bird, who now has 

 a nest in our own Orchard, is the Basket-maker. As 

 these two belong to the Blackbird and Oriole family, 

 we may as well have them now, though in the regular 

 family procession the ' tramp ' walks next to the Bobo- 

 link, who is such a vagrant himself. 



" This Oriole takes his name because he was once 

 supposed to hang his nest chiefly in the branches of 

 orchard trees ; but he is as likely to be found in the 

 maples by the garden fence as anywhere else. 



" He has a cheerful rolling song, as varied in its 

 different tunes as that of the Song Sparrow. It is not 

 like a Robin's, or a Thrush's, or even like Brother 

 Baltimore's ; it is perfectly original, and before these 

 birds leave the Orchard you must listen, to hear it for 

 yourselves. 



