ORCHARD ORIOLE. 
506. Jcterus spwriws. 7% inches. 
Male chestnut and black; female dull yellowish and 
gray; young male, second year, like female, but with 
black face and throat. These Orioles are usually found 
in open country and, as their name suggests, have a 
preference for orchards. They are also found abundantly 
in shrubbery along streams and roadsides. They feed 
chiefly upon worms, caterpillars, beetles, grasshoppers, 
ete., and are one of the most beneficial birds that we 
have. 
Song.—A rich, loud and rapid warble, cheery and 
pleasing but impossible to describe; a chattering note of 
alarm. 
Nest.—A beautiful basket of grasses woven into a 
deeply cupped ball and situated in forks of trees or 
bushes; often they are made of green grasses. our 
to six white eggs, specked, scrawled and spotted with 
black and brown (.80 x .55). 
Range.—U. S. east of the Plains, breeding from the 
Gulf to Massachusetts and Michigan; winters in Central 
America. 
