132 MEMOIRS OF THE NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB 



On July 15, 1917, I heard one singing in the broad marshes of the Castle- 

 neck River a song rendered unusually beautiful by the interpolation between the 

 two long notes of a silvery strain suggestive of a Hermit Tlirush. It was a song 

 that gave me the greatest pleasure. 



208 [506] Icterus spurius (Linn.). 



Orchard Oriole. 

 Rare and local summer resident. May 7 to September 28. 

 Eggs: May 28 to June 25. 



The September 28 record was of a female bird seen by me near my house at 

 Ipswich, in 1918. 



Orchard Orioles bred at Ipswich near my house in 1905, 1906, 1907, and 

 1908. From that date until June 4, 1916, I have no record of this bird in Ipswich. 

 In 1906, on May 20, I saw as many as six Orchard Orioles at Ipswich. 



Mr. A. P. Stubbs found a young male singing in Lynn on May 13, 1913. Mr. 

 Damsell^ has extended the range to the northern part of the County. In twenty- 

 six years he noted it three times as follows: July 4, 1883, at Newburyport; May 

 12, 1891, and May 21, 1900, at Amesbury. 



The full song of the Orchard Oriole is given with great abandon from a 

 perch and especially on the wing. I have heard one sing six times in a minute 

 and have tried to express his song by the words Look here, ivhat cheer, what cheer, 

 whip yo, what cheer, zvee yo. Sometimes it ends with sit-c-wee, and occasionally 

 a rattle is introduced. July 1st is the latest date I have heard the song. 



In making the nest the bird apparently prefers to hang it from two branches. 

 I once found the nest suspended from two apple trees whose branches interlaced. 



209 [507] Icterus galbula (Linn.). 

 Baltimore Oriole; "Golden Robin." 



Abundant summer resident. April 29 to September 25 ; average date of 

 arrival for eleven years, May 7. 



Eggs: May 24 to July 4. 



1 Allen, G. M. Auk, vol. 30, p. 27, 1913. 



