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the head and upper neck all round, and beneath from the 

 tail to the upper part of the breast, the interscapular re- 

 gion, wings, and tail, black ; the remaining under parts, 

 a collar on the hind part of the neck, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts, yellowish orange ; a band upon the wings 

 and edges of the secondaries, white. 



Audubon's Oriole, /. Audtibdnii, Giraud, of the Rio 

 Grande region ; Scott's Oriole, 7. parisorum, Bonap., of 

 Texas ; Wagler's Oriole, /. Wagleri, Sclat, of the Rio 

 Grande region and Mexico ; and the Hooded Oriole, 

 /. cucullatus, Sw., of the Lower Rio Grande, are addi- 

 tional species of Icterus. 



The Orchard Oriole, 7. spurius, Bonap., of North Amer- 

 ica east of the Rocky Mountains, is seven and a quarter 

 inches long, the wing three and a quarter inches ; the 

 head and neck all round, wings, interscapular region, and 

 tail, black ; under parts, lower part of the back, lesser 

 upper wing-coverts, and the lower ones, brownish chest- 

 nut ; a narrow line across the wing and the outer edges 

 of the quills, white. The female is olivaceous above, 

 greenish yellow beneath, and there are two white bands 

 upon the wings. The nest, generally built in orchards 

 or upon willows, is made of long grasses curiously inter- 

 woven and fastened to the smaller twigs ; eggs four to 

 six, bluish white sprinkled with dark brown. 



The Baltimore Oriole, Golden Robin, or Hangnest, 

 7. baltimore, Daud., of North America east of the High 

 Central Plains, is seven and a half inches long, and the 

 wing three and three quarters inches ; the color is black, 

 with the rump, upper tail-coverts, lesser wing-coverts, the 

 terminal portion of all but two tail-feathers, and the under 

 parts, orange red ; the edges of quills, and a band across 

 the tips of the greater coverts, white. The female is 

 much duller, the black of the head and back replaced by 

 brownish yellow. This well-known and beautiful bird 



