YELLOW OR ORANGE COXSPICLOUS 517 



505a. ARIZONA HOODED ORIOLE. — /cfen« 

 cuaillatiis Tielsoni. 



Family : The Blackbirds, Orioles, etc. 



Length: Male 6.90-7.80; female 6.90-7.30. 



Adult ilak : General plumage saffron-yeUow ; black patch on thioat, 

 extending in &ont and under the eyes ; a band across the fore part of 

 back ; tail and wings black, the latter with two white bars and white 

 edgings ; tail tipped with white. 



AduU Female: Upper parts oKTe-green, slightly tinged with gray on 

 back ; wings olive-brown, with two white bands ; under parts plain 

 dull yellow. 



Young: Similar to female, but with throat patch as in the male. 



Geographical Bisiribution : Weitem Mexico and Lower Cahfomia, north 

 to New Uesico, Arizona, and west of the Sierra Nevada in Southern 

 California ; north to Santa Barbara. 



Breeding Range: Coast district of Southern California, north as ^ as 

 Santa Barbara. 



Breeding Season : April 20 to Jtily 1. 



Xe^ : Basket-shaped; of green wiry grass and sometimes dry yucca 

 fibres; occasionally lined \vith willow down, wool, or horsehair; se- 

 curely fastened with twigs and semi-pensile, at various heights &om 

 1 -2 to 40 feet from the ground. 



Eggs: 3 to 5 ; speckled with brown, and having zigzag markings. Size 

 O.SS X 0.62. 



DoDGEN'G about among the dull green, the Arizona 

 Hooded Oriole makes a gav bit of color, lite a brilliant 

 blossom in the acres of chaparral that abound in the San 

 Di^an district. His orange breast rivals the poppies 

 in its gorgeous hue, and his song fill-; the air with music. 

 In all his ways he is much more like the orchard oriole 

 of the East than like any of the Western species. His 

 protest is the same harsh '" scraack." His call-note is 

 the same clear whistle, and his song has the same joyous 

 sweetness. Like the orchard oriole, he haxmts the heavy 



