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ins:, and its sliiU at the loom : its elaboratolv faliricateti and perfectlT peusile nests swaying 

 from the tops of our shade-trees, whieh have one charm added -ndieu lired with such brUhancy 

 as the oriole briuixs to contrast with verdure. Eggs 4-o. nearly l.OU X 0.65. thus rather 

 eloEfi-ate ; srround color a shaded white, iiregularly spotted, blotched, chnidcd and espiecially 

 Scrawled with blackish-browu and other heavy surface colors, together with subdued shcll- 

 markinirs. 



3':;:. I. bullockl. ^To Wm. Bullock, of L.mdon. Fig. OCni.) Bullock's OraoLE. Adult ^ : 

 Siiuilarlv black and orausie. the oi-ange iuvaihng the sides of the head and neck and the fore- 

 head, leaving only a uaiTow space ou the throat, the lores, and a hne through the eye. black ; 

 a large continuous white patch on the wing, formed by the midtile and greater coverts. Larger 

 than the Baltimore. Length S-OO-S. 50 : extent l-2.5i;i-13. 50 : whig 4.00 : tail o.iO. ?: Olive- 

 arav. below whitish, all the fore parts of the body and head tinged with yellow ; the -n-ings 

 dnskv. with two wliite bars, but the tail and its under coverts quite yellowish. 9 thus very 

 closelv resembhng the ? Baltimtire. and more detailed description may be desirable. Larger: 

 length about S.OO : extent li.OO; wing 3.75: tail 3. -25. Above olive-gray, becoming quite 

 gray on the rump", brightening into ohve. Yellow on nape, upper tail-coverts and tail. 

 Forehead. supercili;vry Une. sides of head and neck, and large space on breast, bright yellow : 

 lores and throat white. Other under pans grayish-white, tinged irith yeUow ou the under taU- 

 coverts. Edge and lining of wing yellow : middle coverts broadly edged and tipped with 

 white ; greater coverts and quills less conspicuously edged. Young ^ at first like the 9 . so^m. 

 however, showing bhrck and orange: in one stage with a black throat patch. Western U. S.. 

 in wcodland. abundant, replacing the Baltimore, to which it is so closely allied, and with which 

 it coiTespouds in habits and manners. 



3"28. I. cuculla'tus. i^Lat. cuculla't'if. wearing the cucuJla. a kiud of hood or cowl.) HO'ided 

 CimoLL. Adult t : Orange and black. General color orange: from rich chrome yellow to 

 flame-Color. Middle of back (^scapuilars and interscapulars) black. A black nuisk. embracing 

 eyes, a narrow frontal line, and patch on chin, cheeks, and throat. Wings black, with white 

 edging of the quills and coverts. Tail black, some or all of the feathers usually with narrow 

 whitish tips. BiU and feet blue-black, the former extremely slender and somewhat decurved, 

 O.>0: tarsus 0.90. Length S.OO: extent 10.50: wing 3.30: tail 3.5C>-4.00. thus louger than 

 wings : the feathers narrvw and lanceolate, the outermost an inch or so shorter than the central 

 pair : such length, narrowness, and extreme graduation of the tail being a strong character, 

 ?. adult: Above, dull grayish-olive: tail and under parts dull yellowish: wings dusky, the 

 qiiiUs and coverts edged \vith dull white. The 9 <hus resembles other species, but the long 

 slender graduated tail and attenuated decurved bill are diagnostic. Fairly smaller than the ^. 

 Young JT : At first like 9 ■ hut bill pale at base below. "\"arious inteiTQediate states during 

 progress to matirrity : sometimes the black dorsal baud interrupted by yellowish-gray, and the 

 general orange obscured with the same. A frequent condition, when the geuer;vl pilumage is 

 hke that of the 9 ■ is to have a black frontlet and gorget, hke I. fpuriiis under the same 

 circumstances. Southern Texas. Xew Mexico. Arizona and California, chiefly near the Mexican 

 border. Xest woven hke that of other orioles, very substantial and durable : in p>laces where 

 the Spanish moss grows, it is usually made of this material, and placed in a truss of the same. 

 Eggs 3— t, sometimes 5, varying fi-oni 0,S0 to 0.90 long by 0.60 broad, usually quite pointed at 

 both ends ; color white, with the usual scrawling. In the Lower Rio G-rande valley this is the 

 commonest oriole in some places. 



S-ig, I. pariso'rum. (To the brothers Paris.) Bilack-axti-yellow Orl^le. Paris' Oriole. 

 Adult (? : Black and dear yellow. Below from the breast, rump, au.l upper tail-c-vens, 

 lesser, middle and tmder wing-coverts, both above and below, and basal portions cf all the 

 tail-feathers, except the central ones, clear yellow : greater wing-covens tipped, inner quills 

 edged, with wldte. Head. neck, breast, and back, black. On the t;\il. the yellow eecrq.ies tlie 



