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eggs. The circumstantial evidence already 
offered would almost have justified this accusa- 
tion. I new he did not wear that culprit- 
look for nothing. A wolf in sheep’s clothing 
is a common occurrence, but a saint never 
wears a sinner’s livery. ) 
There are few of our birds combining so 
many of the gifts and graces of their kind as 
the Baltimore oriole, in showy array of orange, 
black, and white, and an excellent entertainer 
in song and manner. In allusion to its appear- 
ance it is also called ‘‘ golden robin,’’ and ‘‘ fire- 
bird,’’ and from the peculiar pensile construc- 
tion of its nest, it gets the name of ‘‘ hang-nest.”’ 
Its more popular name of Baltimore oriole is de- 
rived, not from the city of that name, but from 
the Earl of Baltimore, who became the lord of 
Maryland in colonial days. His followers no- 
ticed the correspondence of the yellow and 
black on his heraldic livery with the coloring of 
the bird which was abundant in his new estates, 
and it became known as the ‘‘ Baltimore bird.’’ 
A vigorous manner commands’admiration quite 
as quickly as any other quality, and in this re- 
spect the oriole is in pleasing contrast to the 
scarlet tanager. Possessed of a strong and ex- 
cellent voice, it sings freely, and has a delightful 
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