506. Icterus spurius 
ORCHARD ORIOLE. 7 inches 
Male. Above, head, wings, upper back and tail black ; lower back 
and shoulders chestnut; wing bars white. Below, throat black ; 
breast and belly chestnut. Female. Above olive-green; wings 
darker, with white bars. Below, yellowish. 
Frequents orchards as well as trees about houses. Not common in 
Massachusetts. -Arrives the last of May. 
Song. Similar to the Purple Finch’s. 
Nest. Basket like, of grass, in fork of twigs in orchard, 
Breeds. In southern New England. 
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