THE BIRD BOOK 



Hooded Oriole 



504. Scott's Oriole. Icterus parisorum. 



Range. — Western M(ixico north to the adjoin- 

 ing states; north to Nevada. 



This handsome black 

 and yellow species does 

 not appear to be abundant 

 in any part of its range. 

 Their nests are swung 

 from the under side of 

 leaves of the yucca palm 

 or from small branches of 

 low trees, and are made of grass and fibres. 

 The eggs are bluish white, specked and blotch- 

 ed chiefly about the large end with blackish 

 brown and lilac gray. Size .95 x .65. Data. — 

 Chiricahua Mts., Arizona, June 5, 1900. Nest 

 placed on the under side of a yucca palm leaf, 

 being hung from the spines, about 4 feet from 

 the ground. Altitude 7000 feet. Collector, O. 

 W. Howard. 



lUuish white 



505. Sennett's Oriole. Icterus cucullatus sennetti. 



Range. — ^Mexico, north in summer to the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas. 



This species is orange yellow except for the face, throat, 

 fore back, wings and tail, which are black; the wings are 

 crossed by two white bars. These handsome birds are the 

 most abundant of the Orioles on the Lower Rio Grange, 

 where their pure mellow whistle is heard at frequent inter- 

 vals throughout the day. They generally build their nests 

 in hanging moss from mesquite trees, turning up at the 

 ends and lining the pocket with moss, or else make a 

 shallow hanging nest of fibres and suspend it from yuccas. 

 During May or June they lay from three to five eggs of a white color, spotted 

 (rarely lined) with purplish brown and gray. Size .85 x .60. 



White 



505a. Arizona Hooded Oriole. Icterus cucullatus nelsoni. 



Range. — Western Mexico; in summer north to southern Arizona, New Mexico 

 and California. 



This variety is like the last but more yellowish. Their nests are made of a 

 wiry grass compactly woven together and partially suspended to mistletoe twigs 

 growing from cottonwood trees; nests of this type are perfectly distinct from 

 those of the preceding, but when they are made of fibre and attached to yuccas, 

 they cannot be distinguished from nests of the former variety. Their eggs are 

 similar to those of the Hooded Oriole, but generally more strongly marked and 

 usually with some zigzag lines. Size .85 x .60. 



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