r,i.\t KI:II;I>S, oi;im.i:s, i 



Similar t<> the u<l. V , but with the hark browner. /. J , wii/ yar. Simi- 

 lar t<> ill.- ad. 9 , l-iit with tin- thrut blmck and occasionally palchc* of cheat- 

 nut on the under purr-. 1... 7'3!J; 



to. 

 JtaiKj 



ica; breed* from tin- tiulf State* 

 to MaMachunctUi and Ontario, 

 and winter* in Central America. 



M.'t'.ll, c.>llllllll 



mon S. R.. May 2 t<> Aug. . 'am- 



. > l: . -ollictillicrt nitlliT 



.II, May 1ft to July. 



j-ciixile, of grame* inter- 

 woven, in-ar tin- c\tn-miM of a 

 limb, t.-n to tirto.-.n t\.,-t up. " />/x, 

 tlirec to five, bluish wliitr, <lis- 

 titu-tly aud ob*curcly Bpottod, bloU'hed, and scrawled with funcous or black, 

 79 x -58. 



Although the Orchard Oriole generally frequents apple orchards, 

 iitirrly t home among the shade trees of our lawns. 



Then- i- an air of refinement about this bird which seems to per- 

 Tde his whole life hi-;. TV. He dresses quietly but with excellent 

 taste, his in-t is c.f the choicest materials, while his song suggests the 

 finished rfTort of a jn-rfectly trained jn-rfoniu-r. His voice is indeed 

 unusually rich and flexible, and he uses it with rare skill and expres- 

 sion. Words can not describe his song, but no lover of lird-mu>ii 

 will bo long in the virinity of a singing Orchard Oriole without learn- 

 ing the distinguished songster's name. 



607. Icterus galbula. i f.inn.). RALTIUORK ORIOLE; FIREBIRD; 



N KOBIN ; HAM* -M>T. .f-/. 3.- II-a.l, n.-.-k, tlirout, nn<l upper back 

 black; breast, belly, lowt-r I>a<-k an-1 1. >MT wini;-covcrts <K--i>, rich, n-dili>li 

 orange ; wingH ll.-k. tin- outer margin <>f the srr. at. r o>v ( n.< uiul quilln edged 

 with white ; cii.l lialfof iniil.lle tail-feathers bluek.baoe orange; all the others 

 orange, crossed by a black band in the middle. A>i. 9 . rpjK-r part* brown- 

 i*h or grayinh orainri-. I'riv'hter i\ the rump; head and l>aek mottled with 

 black; - and mid. lie covert* tipped with white; tail 



like the rump, the middle feather* utained with black ; under part* dull 

 orange, throat *>metime* .-i-.tted with black. I.., 7'53; W., 3-52; T., 8-84; 

 : 



A'/"./-. -Ka.-t.-ni N.-rtli America; brec*l from the Gulf State* to New 

 Bruniiwick ; winters in Central America. 



Waithington, rather cntum Sim; Sing, common 



8. R, May 8 to Sept. 1. I'am' M S. K . May 8 through Aug. 



A'ttt, penaile, of grames, bark, plant fH>cr8, hair. Ktrin^, etc., firmly inter- 

 woven, in fruit or hado trvw, near th extremity of a limb twenty to forty 



