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THE RED-WINGED ORIOLE. 



GOLDEN ORIOLE. 



This is a noisy, gregarious, and voracious race ; and is confined almost 

 exclusively to America. Most of the species form pendulous nests 

 upon the exterior branches of trees, which secure them from rapacious 

 animals. Several nests are constructed on one tree. The Orioles in 

 general feed on fruit, but some of them subsist on insects and grain. 



THE BED-WINGED ORIOLE. 



This bird is about the size of a Starling > being nearly nine inches 

 long. In some parts of America these birds appear in such immense 

 flocks that frequently, at one draw of a net, more than three hundred 

 are caught. Their common name in America is Maize-thief: they 

 seldom attack the maize except just after it is sown, qr when the 

 ear becomes green : then, pecking a hole iu the side, the rain is 



