90 BIRDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN 



have been paid, presumably by the same 

 bird. The visitors in almost every instance 

 sing and thus appeal rather to the ear than 

 to the eye of the observer ; for they do not 

 fly through or about the Garden, but, com- 

 ing through the upper air, alight in a tree- 

 top and there attract attention by their 

 singing. They go in the same manner, ris- 

 ing well into the air and flying off over the 

 house-roofs in the direction of the Fens. 

 I have but one record of a female Red- 

 wing in the Garden, namely, on May 2, 

 1902. 



35. Baltimore Oriole 



Icterus galbula 



The Baltimore Oriole, or Hangbird, is one 

 of the very few summer residents of the 

 Garden, never faiHng to nest upon some of 

 the slender, hanging boughs of the elms. 

 The earliest arrival of the species in the 

 Garden was on May 5, 1905, when two 

 male birds were singing in the early morn- 

 ing. The latest arrival was in 1907, namely, 

 on May 14. The usual time of the Oriole's 



