184 ORCHARD ORIOLE. 



when properly treated. He should be kept 

 in the warmest room in the house during 

 the winter season, as he is extremely sus- 

 ceptible of cold. 



CHAPTER II. 



ORCHARD ORIOLE, OR HANGING-BIRD. Ic- 

 terus spurius. 



This handsome variety, so closely re- 

 lated to the preceding species in manner 

 and habits, visits the United States about 

 the same time, and continues with us about 

 four months. At the expiration of this 

 time, in company with small flocks of his 

 companions, he gradually departs to win- 

 ter in the more congenial temperature of 

 tropical America. 



In the woods or orchards he is a most 

 sprightly, active and even restless bird, 



