iSSs.J Scott on the Nesting Habits of the Hooded Oriole. l6l 



The nest is attached to three main twigs at the extremity of 

 a branch, and one of these twigs is again divided into three 

 smaller twigs. One of the main twigs has many leaves, and is 

 fastened to the wall of the nest for five inches, and some of the 

 leaves are woven into the structure. A second twig is attached 

 at a point about an inch and a half from the first to the wall of the 

 nest for four inches, and has three leaves, all of which are fastened 

 to the nest. The twig spoken of as being divided into three 

 branches has a very strong band and reeving of grasses joining it 

 to the nest just where it forks, and one branch is attached to the 

 side of the nest for four inches, one for two, and one for one inch. 

 Outside the greatest depth is six inches, while inside the greatest 

 depth is three inches and a half, so that the bottom of the nest 

 is very thick ; in fact the walls are thick throughout, being fully 

 half an inch at the rim of the nest where they are thinnest. The 

 diameter of the inside of the nest at the top, where it is largest, is 

 four inches, and the shape inside is that of a shallow cup. 



No. 2. A nest taken the same day, and in the same kind of 

 tree, about forty feet distant from that just described, is almost 

 identical with it in structure. It is attached on its sides to four 

 twigs, the attachments varying from three to five inches. It 

 was about twelve feet from the ground and contained three fresh 

 eggs- 



No. 3. Nest of May 29. Ash tree. Thirty feet from ground. 

 Three eggs slightly incubated. Typical. Rather a bulky, purse- 

 shaped structure but with a very wide opening. The walls are 

 not thick, except at the bottom of the nest, and are composed of 

 dry yucca fibre rather loosely woven. The lining is of the same 

 material, only finer and softer. The nest is fastened to two twigs 

 and the clusters of leaves belonging to them. One twig is 

 attached to the side of the nest for four inches, the other only 

 slightly to the rim. The exterior depth is six and the interior 

 depth four inches, and the diameter of the opening is three 

 inches. 



No. 4. Nest of the 17th of June; in an ash tree, about 

 twenty-five feet from the ground, and contained four eggs. It is 

 a true pensile nest and is built of yucca fibre and grasses exter- 

 nally, the whole very loosely put together and but slightly woven. 

 There is a very slight lining of a few horse hairs and a little 

 cotton-waste. The walls are thick and the opening small. The 



