162 Scott on the Nesting Habits of the Hooded Oriole. [April 



general shape is that of a purse or pouch. The exterior depth is 

 seven and the interior depth five inches. The opening, which is 

 covered by leaves hanging over it, is oval, with a greater 

 diameter of two and a half and a lesser diameter of two inches. 

 The eggs are typical. There are a number of bits of long 

 grasses and yucca fibers pendant from the walls outside, not 

 having been woven into the structure. 



No. 5. Nest of June 18. In a sycamore tree, twenty feet from 

 the ground. Four typical eggs. Fresh. Closely resembles the 

 ordinary structure of Icterus galbula, but is rather shallower 

 and the opening larger. Is attached to the tree only at three 

 points on the rim of the nest, and truly pensile. Built of same 

 material inside and out, i. e.. fine dried grasses. The walls are 

 about the same thickness throughout— about a quarter of an inch. 

 It is verj' compactly v/oven and is symmetrical. The depth out- 

 side is three inches and inside two and three-quarter inches, and 

 the opening has a diameter of three inches. 



No. 6. Nest of June 20. Had four fresh eggs, which are 

 smaller and less sharply pointed than typical eggs, and have the 

 markings confined to the cluster of coloring at the larger end. 

 They measure .84 x .63, .80 x .65, .86 x .63, and .83 X .65. 

 The whole structure is very like that built ordinarily by Icterus 

 spurius. Fine green grasses closelv woven form the walls, 

 and there is a lining of very fine silky dry grasses and some 

 plant down like that from thistles. It is small and compact, 

 having an exterior depth of three and a half and an interior 

 depth of three inches. Opening round, and two and a half 

 inches in diameter. There are no attachments to twigs but at 

 the rim. 



No. 7. Nest of June 25. In a sycamore, twelve feet from the 

 ground. Outside, coarse green grasses put together much as 

 in No. 1 (nest of May 28). It is attached from top to bottom 

 on its sides to two twigs, the distance being four inches, and 

 grasses are tied and woven to one of these where it extends below 

 the structure, forming a ball an inch in diameter on which the 

 nest partly rests. There is a third twig also slightly fastened to 

 the nest, and three large leaves growing from the twigs are 

 sewed to the rim of the nest for all but about an inch and a half of 

 its circumference, forming a roof or covering, and leaving only 

 the small space spoken of for entrance. The measurements of 



