Birds of Canada. 69 



line across the wings. Nests, in orchard trees or 

 upon willows ; eggs, four to six, bluish-white, 

 sprinkled with dark brown. This oriole is a rare 

 visitor in Ontario. Feeds upon fruit, caterpillars, 

 and insects. 



/. baltimore. The Baltimore Oriole, or 

 Golden Robin. 



This beautiful and well-known bird is one of 

 our' regular summer visitors. It arrives here 

 about the middle of May. General color, black; 

 the rump, upper tail coverts, lesser wing coverts, 

 the terminal portion of all but two tail feathers, 

 and the under parts, orange-red ; the edges of 

 quills, and a band across the tip of the greater 

 coverts, white. The nest of this oriole is a beau- 

 tiful piece of nest-architecture, and is usually 

 constructed on the outer drooping twigs of elm 

 or orchard trees ; it is a pendulous cylindric 

 pouch, of six or seven inches in depth ; eggs, 

 four or five, of a flesh color. The song of this 

 beautiful bird is loud, full, and mellow. About 

 the middle 'of September the Golden Robin 

 leaves for the south. 



Sub-Family QuiSCALlN^. The Crackles. 

 ScolecopJiagus ferrugineus. The Rusty Grackle. 



This bird arrives here about the last of March, 

 and retires to the low swampy thickets surround- 



