BASTARD ORIOLE. 



"with white : breaft, belly, lower part of the back, and coverts of 

 the tail, of a bright orange : primaries dufky, edged with white : 

 two middle feathers of the tail black ; the lower part of the reft of 

 the fame color, the remaining part orange : legs black. 



f EMALE. Head and back of the female olive, edged with pale brown : 



coverts of the wings of the fame color, marked with a fingle bar of 

 white : under fide of the body, and coverts of the tail, yellow : tail 

 dufky, edged with yellow. Length of this fpecies feven inches. 



FiLAcE. Inhabits from Carolina * to Canada f . Sufpends its neft to the 



horizontal forks of the Tulip or Poplar trees, formed of the fila- 

 ments of fome tough plants, curioufly woven, mixed with wool, and 

 lined with hairs. It is of a pear fhape, open at top, with a hole oa 

 the fide, through which the young difcharge their excrements, and 

 are fed. In fome parts o( North Jmerica, this fpecies, from its brilliant 

 color, is called the Fiery Hang-neji. It is called the Baltimore bird, 

 from its colors refernbling thofe in the arms of that nobleman. 



It quits North America before winter, and probably retires to 

 Mexico^ the XochitototI of Fernandez "^kciamg to be the fame fpe- 

 cies. 



143. Bastakd. Baftard Baltimore, Ca/«^,i. 49. — Latham, l, 4^^., 



Le Baltimore Batard, BriJ/hn, ii. 1 11. — De Buffbn, iiii 235.— P/. Enl. 506, 

 Oriolus Spurius, Lin.SyJi, i6z.r-BL, Mus. — Lev. Mvs, 



r\ With the head, neck, and upper part of the back, of a full 

 gloffy black : breaft and belly of a fine orange bay : lower part 

 of the back, and coverts of the tail, of the fame color : the lefler 

 coverts of the wings light bay j the greater black, edged with dirty 

 white: the quil feathers dufky, edged with white': tail cuneiform 

 and black. 



The head of the female, and hind part of the neck, deep olive : 

 throat black : coverts of wings dufky, edged with white ; primaries 



• Laiu/tn, 145. t De Bujiin % Av. Nov,Hi/p. 39. 



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