158 ICTERIDZ, AMERICAN STARLINGS. —GEN. 92. 
all under parts from the throat, deep chestnut; a whitish bar across tips of 
greater wing coverts; bill and feet blue-black; about 7; wing 34; tail 3; 
@ smaller, plain yellowish-olive above, yellowish below; wings dusky ; tips 
of the coverts and edges of the inner quills, whitish; known from the 9 of 
the other species by its small size and very slender bill. Young ¢ at first 
like 9 , afterward showing confused characters of both sexes; in a particular 
stage, it has a black mask on the face and throat. Eastern U. S., very 
abundant in parks, orchards, and the skirts of woods. Wmuus., i, 64, pl. 4, 
f. 1, 2, 3,4; Awp:, 1v, 46, pl. 219); Noms, i, 165);) Bp. 547500 SPuRTDSS 
Var. arrints. Much smaller; ¢6}; wing under 3. Texas. Lawre. Ann. Lyc. 
Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1851, 113. 
** The ¢ black and orange. 
Baltimore Oriole. Golden Robin. Firebird. Hangnest. 3 with the 
head and neck all round, and the back, black; rump, upper tail coverts, 
lesser wing coverts, most of the tail feathers, and all the under parts from 
the throat, fiery orange, but of varying intensity according to age and 
season; middle tail feathers black; wings black, the middle and greater 
coverts, and inner quills, more or less edged and tipped with white, but the 
white on the coverts not forming a continuous patch; bill and feet blue- 
black; 73-8; wing 33; tail 38. 9 smaller, and much paler, the black 
obscured by olive, sometimes entirely wanting. Young ¢ entirely without 
black on throat and head, otherwise colored nearly like the @. Eastern 
United States, west to the 
mountains of Colorado 
(Allen); abundant, in or- 
chards and streets, as well as 
in woodland, conspicuous by 
its brilliant colors and spirited 
song. WILS., 1, 23, pl. 1, f- 
3; Vi, pl. 53; Aup., iv, 37, 
Pla Zits Nurn Selo Deeb De. 
. 548. . . . . BALTIMORE. 
Bullock’s Oriole. Similar ; 
the orange invading the sides 
of the head and neck and the 
forehead, leaving only a 
Fic. 100. Bullock’s Oriole. harrow space on the throat, 
the lores, and a line through the eye, black; a large continuous white patch 
on the wing, formed by the middle and greater coverts. 9 olive-gray, 
below whitish, all the fore parts of the body and head tinged with yellow, 
the wings dusky, with two white bars, but the tail and its under coverts quite 
yellowish. Young ¢ at first like the 9 , soon however showing black and 
orange. Rather larger than the last. Western United States, in woodland, 
abundant, replacing the Baltimore. Avp., iv, 43, pl. 218; Bp., 549; 
Coor., 273; Cours, Am. Nat.. v, 1870, 678. 6s elo sane 6 JBUBHOCRT. 
