BALTIMORE ORIOLE. 



507. Icterus galbula. 'IV2 inches. 



Male orange and black ; female dull yellowish and 

 gray. 



They are sociable birds and seem to like the company 

 of mankind, for their nests are, from choice, built as 

 near as possible to houses, often being where they can 

 be reached from windows. As they use a great deal 

 of string in the construction of their nests, cliildren 

 often get amusement by placing bright-colored pieces 

 of yarn where the birds will get them, and watch them 

 weave them into their homes. 



Song. — A clear, querulous, varied whistle or warble; 

 call, a plaintive whistle. 



Nest.— A pensile structure, often hanging eight or ten 

 inches below the supporting rim, and swaying to and 

 fro with every breeze. They lay five or six white eggs, 

 curiously scrawled with blackish brown (.90 x .60). 



Range.— N. A. east of the Rockies and breeding north 

 to New Brunswick and Manitoba. Winters in Central 

 America. 



