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AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



Identification Chart, No. 12- 



BrilliaLnt Ora>.nge aLnd BlaLckbirds. 



No. 503, Audubons Oriole, {Icterus auduhonii.') 



Valley of the Lower Rio Grande in Texas and Mexi- 

 co. Length, 9.5 in. Under parts clear yellow; upper 

 parts greenish yellow; head, neck and breast, black; 

 wings black, greater coverts tipped with white and 

 primaries edged with white; tail black, the feathers 

 being edged with white and the outer ones tipped also. 

 Female not noticably different. 



No. 504, Scott's Oriole, {Icterus parisorum). 



Southwestern United States from western Texas to 

 southern California. Length, 8 inches. The lesser 

 and middle coverts yellow; greater coverts broadly 

 tipped with white and the inner secondaries edged with 

 the same. Tail black, except the basal portions of the 

 outer feathers which are yellow. Female: — Above, 

 olive grayish, becoming brighter on the rump; top of 

 head and back streaked with dark. Wings dusky 

 with two distinct white bands. Tail yellowish olive 

 with the two middle feathers and ends of the others 

 darker. Under parts more or less bright yellowish 

 olive. 



No. 505, Hooded Oriole, {Icterus cucullatus.') 



Valley of the Lower Rio Grande in Texas and south 

 to British Honduras. Length 8 in. Bill and feet 

 blue black, the former slender and decurved. Coverts 

 tipped with white. Tail entirely black except slight 

 white tips to the outer feathers. Female: — Grayish 

 olive above. Tail and under parts dull yellowish. 

 Wings dusky, and coverts edged with white. 



No. 507, Baltimore Oriole, {Icterus galbula.) 



United States east of the Rockies and southern 

 Canada. South of the U. S. in winter. Length, 7.5 

 inches. Black and orange. Middle and greater wing 

 coverts tipped with white. Middle tail feathers, 

 black; the others for the most part, orange. Female: — 

 Very much paler, the black being nearly all obscured 

 by olive. Young male like the female except that it 

 lacks all traces of black on the head and throat. 



No. 508, Bullock's Oriole, {Icterus bullocki'). 



Western North America from Manitoba and British 

 Columbia to Mexico. Length, 8 inches. Sides of 

 head and narrow frontlet, orange, leaving the chin and 

 throat black. Edge of secondaries and whole of 

 middle and greater coverts, white. Two middle tail 

 feathers black; the others orange except for the black 

 tips. Female: — Upper parts olive gray. Breast, tail, 

 sides of head and forehead, yellow. Two white wing 

 bars. Other under parts gray. 



