SOME BIRDS THAT COME IN MAY 419 
colouring save that it has more orange on the sides of the 
head, and the white wing-patch is larger. 
‘‘But however much the Baltimore Oriole loves his 
native land, the climate and the exigencies of travel 
make his stay in it brief; for he does not appear until 
there is some protection of foliage and he starts south- 
ward toward his winter home in Central and South 
America often before a single leaf has fallen. 
THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE 
O Golden Robin! pipe again 
That happy, hopeful, cheering strain ! 
A prisoner in my chamber, I 
See neither grass, nor bough, nor sky; 
Yet to my mind thy warblings bring, 
In troops, all images of spring; 
And every sense is satisfied 
But what thy magic has supplied. 
As by enchantment, now I see 
On every bush and forest tree 
The tender, downy leaf appear. — 
The loveliest robe they wear. 
The tulip and the hyacinth grace 
The garden bed; each grassy place 
With dandelions glowing bright, 
Or king-cups, childhood’s pure delight, 
Invite the passer-by to tread 
Upon the soft, elastic bed, 
And pluck again the simple flowers 
Which charmed so oft his younger hours. 
The apple orchards all in bloom — 
I seem to smell their rare perfume. 
And thou, gay whistler! to whose song 
These powers of magic art belong, 
