CROW RELATIVES 



dry. A pair of orioles were building a nest in the elm 

 close by and they appropriated the lace. We never 

 knew what had become of it till in the autumn a great 

 gale blew down the branch on which hung the orioles' 

 nest, and there was the lace woven into it so skillfully 

 that it took a long time to get it out, somewhat the worse 

 for wear. But we like to hang out less expensive 

 material, strings and yarn, and see the orioles tug at 

 it and carry it off to their nests. A little girl up in our 

 section of the country had a fine scheme. She prepared 

 warp and woof for the orioles' use, and to each piece 

 tied a label with her name and the date. The orioles 

 made good use of it and were willing to give her their 

 free advertising, for a number of fluttering tags hung 

 from the nest announcing that the firm of "Helen 

 Pease" had supplied building material. 



The other species is the Orchard Oriole, a somewhat 

 smaller bird, less brilliantly colored, and much rarer 

 than the Baltimore. It is seldom seen further north 

 than the latitude of southern New England. As its 

 name implies, it is partial to orchards. There, in a 

 pear or apple tree, often close to houses, it builds its 

 nest, which is not so deep or elaborate as the Baltimore's, 

 nor so pensile, and is made of dry grass. 



On a certain farm one or two pairs of both kinds of 

 orioles were accustomed to build. Both of them liked 

 the pear trees for a nesting site, but the brilliant bird 

 also used the elms and the other the apple trees. It is 

 a hard matter, usually, to photograph any orioles' 



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