Basket Makers, the Vireo and Oriole 185 



but all bear a close resemblance in size and color and nest similarly. 

 The Red-eyed, White-eyed, and Yellow-throated Vireos are found in the 

 East, while Cassin and Least Vireos are common on the Pacific Coast. 



THE ORIOLE FAMILY 



The Oriole may be recognized by the brilliant colors of his dress, 

 and his pleasing, rollicking song. His length is about eight inches. He 

 lives on insects, larvae, plant-lice, and sometimes eats fruit. He is known 

 as an architect because of the well-woven, hanging nest he builds gener- 

 ally in the trees that border the sidewalks. 



Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula), Hang-nest: Male, head, throat, 

 and upper part of back, black; wings, black with white spots on edges; 

 under parts and rump, orange or orange-red, the intensity of color vary- 

 ing with age and season. Female, paler and back tinged with olive; 

 below, dull orange. Lives in eastern United States to Rocky Mountains. 

 Migrates the last of April and reaches the northern states about the 

 second week in May. Builds a hanging basket suspended at the end of 

 a swaying branch. Eggs, four to six, whitish, scrawled with black and 

 brown lines. 



Bullock Oriole (Icterus bullocki): Replaces the Baltimore from the 

 Rocky Mountains to the Pacific. Slightly larger than above. In the 

 male, the orange extends to the side of the head, neck, and forehead, 

 leaving only a narrow black space on the throat and a black line 

 through the eye. Habits identical. 



