BALTIMORE ORIOLE. 
507. Icterus galbula. 742 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, children 
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. 
