50 THE BULLOCK ORIOLE. 
Authorities.—Icterus bullockii Bon. Baird, Rep. Pac. R. R. Sury. IX. pt. 
IMG Ties ios Glo, Aly (CaS IDEs IDES SSS SE) Jb 18 
Specimens.—(U. of W.) Proy. C. P?. 
BIRD of sunshine and good cheer, springtime’s ripest offering and 
emblem of summer achieved, is this happy-hearted creature who flits about 
the orchards and timber cultures of eastern Washington. The willows of 
the brook, the cottonwoods and the quaking asps, were his necessary home 
until the hand of the pioneer made ready the locust, the maple and the Lom- 
bardy poplars, which are now his favorite abiding places. And so, for many 
BULLOCK’S ORIOLE. 
years, the droning of bees, the heavy-scented breath of the acacia, and the 
high, clear whistling of the Oriole have been associated memories. 
A little less dandified than his eastern cousin, the lordly Bird of Balti- 
more, the Bullock Oriole fulfills much the same economy in habit, song, and 
nesting as that well-known bird. He is, if anything, a little less muscial, 
also, and not so conspicuous. 
The males arrive a week or two in advance of their mates, and appear quite 
ill at ease until joined by their shy companions. Marriage compacts have to 
