WOODLAND BIRDS. 



43 



No. 43, 



BALTIMORE ORIOLE. 



Genus: Icterus Species; I. galbula. 



Distribution : 



A common summer resident of southern but local in northern 

 New England. 



Date of Arrival: First week in May. 



Date of Departure : September. 



General Plumage: 



Male, upper back, wings, a part of tail black, wings white 

 marked; other parts orange^ breast often flame tinted. 

 Female, paler, the orange becoming yellow and the black 

 brownish yellow. Bill and feet black. Length about 7.50. 



Song and Other Notes: 



A whistling song somewhat like the robins, a chatter and a 

 curious '' ank." 



Haunts : 



A bird of the elm trees along our town streets and also met 

 in orchard, garden, and woodland. 



