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MICHIGAN BIRD LIFE. 



203. Baltimore Oriole. Icterus galbula (Linn.). (507) 



Synonyms: Golden Robin, English Robin, Hang-bird, Hang-nest, Fire-bird, Pea-bird, 

 Hammock-bird. — Coracias galbula, Linn., 1758. — Icterus baltimore of many authors. 



Figures 105, 106. 



Adult male mainly orange-yellow and black, the latter restricted mostly 

 to the head, tail and wings; wings with two imperfect white bars. Female 

 much duller yellow, with little or no clear black, decidedly smaller than 

 the male. 



Distribution. — Eastern United States, north to Ontario and Manitoba, 

 west nearly to the Rocky Mountains, south in winter through Mexico to 

 Colombia. 





Fig. 105. Baltimore Oriole. Adult Male. 

 From Yearbook of U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1895. 



This is a common visitor to the greater part of the Lower Peninsula, 

 but occurs in abundance only south of latitude 44°, and apparently is absent 

 altogether from most of the Upper Peninsula. It is reported as not common 

 at Van's Harbor, Delta county, which appears to be the northernmost 

 record for the state. This distribution is somewhat singular, since the 

 bird is common in Minnesota as far as Leach Lake, latitude 47°, and is fairly 

 common in parts of Manitoba. 



It reaches Michigan from the south late in April or early in May, the 

 dates ranging from April 19, 1889 to May 2, 1893 at Petersburg, Monroe 

 county, and from April 19, 1896 to May 11, 1885 at Lansing. '•'' "^-- 



The males 



