LIST. 93 



Genus Icterus. Brisson. 

 Subgenus " Yphantes." Vieillot. 



161. Baltimore Oriole. I. Galbula. (Linn.) 



" Summer Resident," common. Breeds in the 

 city. I found a nest of this bird June 7, 1890, at 

 Dorval, built in the top of a thin bush, within 

 reach of hand from the ground, and containing five 

 fresh eggs, but as a rule their nests are built here 

 hanging to branches of large trees, twenty or thirty 

 feet above the ground. I saw this species feeding 

 on the ground, an unusual position to find the ori- 

 ole in, as they generally confine themselves to the 

 trees and bushes when feeding. Observed here 

 from May 7 to August 21. 



Subfamily Quiscalince. 

 Genus Scolecophagus. Swain son. 



162. Rusty Blackbird. (Blackbird.) S. carolinus. 



(Mull.) 



" Transient Visitant," common. Arrives here in 

 small flocks in the spring of the year, and passes on 

 further north to breed, and return ing in the autumn 

 in larger flocks, and then joins the Red-winged 

 Blackbirds to roost at night. Observed here from 

 April 7 to May 28, and in the autumn from Octo- 

 ber 10 till November 4. 



