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appear that his has not altogether been overlook- 

 ed. At least, it would seem that he has attracted 

 a good deal of attention, from the number of ap- 

 pellations given him. He is named the Golden 

 Robin, Goldfinch, Fire Bird, Fiery Hang Bird, &c. 

 The last name intimating that he frames a pen- 

 sile nest, which he suspends from the extreme 

 branches of some high elm, weeping willow, or 

 an apple tree, in the orchard. The name he 

 now retains, it is said, is derived from the colors 

 of his plumage, being orange and black ; and 

 that being the color of the arms and livery of 

 Lord Baltimore, to whom Maryland, when a 

 Colony, was granted, the bird being, perhaps, 

 pretty often seen there at that time. Besides 

 its beauty, there is no bird, perhaps, so do- 

 cile, and which can be so completely domes- 

 ticated as the Baltimore Oriole. A lady from 

 the country called upon me one day, who had 

 one of these birds she had brought fifty miles 

 in the cars with her; it was a very beauti- 

 ful one; it nestled in her dress, and when 

 told would sit on her finger, and eat from her 

 mouth. She said it never attempted to go away 

 from her, it was so attached to her ; of course the 

 attachment was reciprocal. I kept one for some 

 time, it hung in a room where we eat. On 



