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KEY TO THE BIRIJS OF EASTEHN NOHTil AMERICA. 



FAMILY ICTERID^. ; 



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Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadow Larks, etc. j 



First primary, not short; base of bill slightly dividing the feathers of i 

 the forehead ; nostrils, exposed ; outer tail feathers, shorter than middle N^ 

 feathers. * 



Group 1. Wing, less than 3.75 inches long. 



Section 1. The following species have the underparts 

 more or less marked with either yellow, orange, or chestnut 

 brown. 



Head and throat, black; underparts, orange yellow ; l)ack, black. 



Baltimore Oriole. 



Icterus (jdUiuhi (male). 

 See No. 379. 



Head, more or less marked with black; back, blackish; underparts, orange, paler 



than the male. Baltimore Oriole. 



Irtmts giiVnUfi (female). 

 See No. 870. 



Crown and back, dull olive, faintly tinged with yellow on rump; underparts, pale 

 yellow, usually with faint orange tinge; wing, over 3.45. Baltimore Oriole. 



^ Icterus r/albula (immature). 



See No. 379. 



Head and liack, black; rest of under- 

 parts, chestnut brown. 



Orchard Oriole. 



Icterus spurius (male). 

 See No. 378. 



Crown and back, greenish, without 

 stripes; underparts, yellow (not 

 orange); wing, under 3.45. 



Orchard Oriole. 



Icterus sjiurius (female). 

 See No. 378. 



Crown, with yellow buflf in centre, 

 boidered by black; back, streaked 

 with black; underparts, pale yel- 

 low, tinged with buft; tail feathers, 



pointed. 



Bobolink. Rice Bird. 



Dulichowjx oryzivorus (female). 

 See No. 370. 

 Orchard Oriole. 



