208 BALTIMORE ORIOLE. 



the back and throat, of the female, is intermixed with dull 

 orange; whereas in the male those parts are of a deep shining 

 black; the tail of the female also wants the greater part of the 

 black, and the whole lower parts are of a much duskier orange. 

 I have observed that these birds are rarely seen in pine woods, 

 or where these trees generally prevail. On the ridges of our 

 high mountains, they are also seldom to be met with. In or- 

 chards, and on well cultivated farms, they are most numerous, 

 generally preferring such places to build in, rather than the 

 woods or forest 



