Winter s|i«'i'iiiu'ns i'n»iii Mt-xico liavo tlic Mark (>ltsrnn'«l liy Inownisli 

 b(H«K'r> to the IratluTS. 



H.viwis, Tin* < >nliar<l r>r»nl(* is I'oiiinl al»uinlaiil tliioimliont iimst ul" tin- 

 United States, tVniu tlie Atlantic t<» tin* Missmni N'alh'V, aii<l t>ii the staitli- 

 west to i\w valley of the IJio (iraiale. Mi'. -1. A. Allen met with indiv idnals 

 of this species as far west as the iiase (»f the iJocky Monntaiiis. in ('<»lora<lo, 

 which he regards as the extreme western limit. It is a \t'rv raic summer 

 visitanl in New Kni^land, tliouuh found e\«'n as far eastward as Calais, Me. 

 It was not found in Western Maine hy \'errill, nor am I awaif of its havinjj; 

 heen mt't with in tither New IIan»| shire or \'ennont. Mr. Alhii states that 

 a few pans hreed everv season near Sprinutield, in Western Massachusetts. 

 I have never met with it in the eastern part of the State, but others have 

 heen more fortunate, and it is prohaMe that a few visit us each season. 



In Te.xas Mr. I)res.ser found this species very common at San Antonio 

 durinjj; the summer, arrivinijf there quite early in April. He procured a num- 

 ber of their nests, all of which were made of liu^ht-coloicd tlexilih- ^^rasses, 

 and sus]tende(l from the upi)er branches «»f the niesciuite-trees. He also 

 found them breeding near Houstrni. and (^n (lalveston Island. He de.seri]>es 

 them as much smaller than birds frrun the Northern States. This smaller 

 race Mr. Lawrence has regarded as a distinct species, to which he gives the 

 name of (ij/iiu'.s. It has 1)een traced as far to the w<*st as Fort IJilev in Kan- 

 sas, and Fort Lookout in Nebraska. It winters in (luatemala, where it is 

 very abundant at that season. Mr. James McLeannan killed it as far south 

 as Panama. 



Dr. P^lliott C'oues considers this bird as rare and chittly migrant in South 

 Carolina ; but Mr. H. S. Uodney (Naturalist, Jan., ISTl:) found them (piite 

 numerous at Camden, in that State, in the summer of ISTl. He met with 

 five nests between June 28 and July 10, and has no doubt he could have 

 taken many more, as he counted at least fifteen ditferent ]»airs. From the 

 fact that Dr. Coues did not meet with any nest at Columbiii, only thirty miles 

 disiant, Mr. Kodney infers that this Oriole is very partial to certain favored 

 localities, as is also the Baltunore. 



The Orchard Orit)le is an active, sju-ightly, and very lively sjjecies, and 

 po.ssesses a very peculiar and somewhat remarkable song. Its notes are 

 very rapidly enunciated, and are ])oth hurried and energetic. Some writers 

 speak of the song as confused, but this attribute is not in the utterance of 

 the soni:, the musician manifesting anvthiui: lait confusion in the raitid and 

 distinct enunciation of his gushing notes. These may be too (piick in their 

 utterance for the listener to foUow, but thev are wonderful both for their 

 rapidity and their harmony. His i)erformance consi.sts of shrill and lively 

 notes, uttered with an apparent air of great agitation, and they are «[uite as 

 distinct and agreeable, though neither so full nor so rich, as are those of the 

 more celebrated (Joldtui liobin. 



In the Central States, from New York to Xorth Carolina, these birds a'*. 



