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160. Meadowlark. 



Male: Length about 10 J inches, bill about 1J 

 inches long. Female: Length about 9J inches, 

 bill about 1J inches long, tail long and sharp- 

 pointed. Adults: Above, brownish, with black 

 markings ; below, throat and breast bright-yellow, 

 with a black crescent on chest. Young : Plumage 

 much duller, with black crescent on chest not con- 

 spicuous. 



161. Baltimore Oriole. 



Length about 7J inches, tail about 3 inches long, 

 Adult male : Above, black, except lesser and mid- 

 dle coverts of wings and part of tail-feathers ; neck 

 and middle line of chest black ; rest of plumage 

 rich cadmium-orange, varying to intense orange- 

 red. Adult female: Above, ochraceous-orange, with 

 blackish markings, the wings dusky, with two 

 whitish bands ; below, dull orange. Young : Simi- 

 lar to adult female, but suffused with brownish 

 above and colours more blended. 



162. Rusty Blackbird. 



Length about 9 inches, tail about 4 inches long. 

 Adult male in summer : Glossy-black, with a faint 

 bluish and bluish-green gloss ; in winter, with rusty- 

 brown above, and huffy below. Adult female in 

 summer: Plumage dusky brownish-slate, without 



