BLACKBIRDS. ORIOLES 



gi'osbeaks bring up memories of a wild free 

 life in the out-of-doors, of the mountains, and 

 the singing of the wind through the tops of 

 fir and spruce, as one listens in the hush of the 

 big woods. 



FAMILY ICTERID/E: BLACKBIRDS, 

 ORIOLES 



^ ullock oxiole, Icterus bullocki. 7.25 

 Distribution : Western North Amer- 

 ica from British Provinces south to the 

 plateau of Mexico; east to the eastern border 

 of the Great Plains, south in winter to 

 southern Mexico. 



The Bullock oriole belongs to a family 

 group of about one hundred and fifty species 

 whose center of distribution is in tropical 

 America, and it bears the distinction of being 

 the only one of the number that is found in 

 all the northwestern part of the North Ameri- 

 can continent. 



While they are found generally in all parts 

 of the West, the orioles seem to prefer the 

 interior valleys for their summer home. 



Alders and cottonwoods along water 



courses are their favorite haunts. Here they 



build their nests, often returning to the same 



tree year after year. In cities and about farm 



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