168 PASSERES: Perching Birds 



SCOTT ORIOLE 



(504. Icterus parisorum) 8 in. 



Male: Black head, neck, back, wings, and outer half of tail; 

 brilliant yellow lower parts, lesser wing-coverts and rump; 

 secondaries white-edged (lost with wear), coverts white-tipped, 

 forming a " wing-bar." 



Female: Olive-green above, dull yellow below; two white 

 wing-bars; throat sometimes black. 



Immature male resembles female with black throat. 



Notes: A whistled call, and a full, rich song. 



ARIZONA HOODED ORIOLE 



(505a. Icterus cucullatus nelsoni) 8 in. 



Male: Rich yellow, with black face and throat, back, wings, and 

 tail; wings with white bar and white-edged primaries. 



Female: Greenish yellow below, brownish olive-green above; 

 two whitish wing-bars. A very dull-colored bird, quieter and 

 more secretive than the gaudy male, and accordingly less 

 commonly seen. 



Immature male: Resembles female, but darker and blackish 

 throat. 



Notes: A querulous "preep"; a confidential, disconnected 

 chatter. Song feeble, but sweet. 



BULLOCK ORIOLE 



(508. Icterus bullocki) 8 in. 



Male: Sides of head and neck, rump, sides of tail, and entire 

 under parts, orange, except narrow, black throat-patch; remain- 

 ing parts black except large white wing-patch and white edging 

 of flight feathers. 



Female: Grayish olive above, yellowish below, lightening on 

 belly; wings darker, marked with white; sometimes a small 

 black throat-patch. 



Immature male has black throat, otherwise generally re- 

 sembles female. 



A valuable destroyer of black olive scale. 



