BALTIMORE ORIOLE. 



golden robin. hang-nest. fire bird. 



Icterus galbula. 



Char. Male : head, neck, throat, back, wings, and greater part of 

 tail black ; wing-coverts and secondaries tipped with white ; other parts 

 orange. Bill and feet blue black. Female : smaller and paler, some- 

 times the black replaced by olive brown or grayish orange. Young 

 similar to female. Length 7 to 8 inches. 



Nest. Pensile and purse-shaped, 6 to 8 inches deep, suspended from 

 extremity of branch ic to 50 feet from the ground, composed of yarn, 

 string, horsehair, grass, etc., woven into a compact texture. 



Eggs. 4-6 ; dull white, blotched irregularly with dark brown ; .90 X . 60. 



