158 



ICTEEID^, A3IERICAN STARLINGS. GEN. 92. 



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all under parts from the throat, deep chestnut ; a whitish bar across tips of 



greater wing coverts ; bill and feet blue-black ; about 7 ; wing 3^ ; tail 3 ; 



9 smaller, plain yellowish-olive above, yellowish below; wings dusky; tips 



of the coverts and edges of the inner quills, whitish ; known from the 9 of 



the other species by its small size and very slender bill. Young $ at first 



like 9 , afterward showing confused characters of both sexes ; in a particular 



stage, it has a black mask on the face and throat. Eastern U. S., very 



abundant in parks, orchards, and the skirts of woods. Wils., i, 64, pi. 4, 



f. 1, 2, 3, 4; AuD., iv, 46, pi. 219; Nutt., i, 165; Bd., 547. . spukius. 



'•' Var. Aprmis. Much smaller ; (J G^ ; wiug under 3. Texas. Lawk. Ann. Lye. 



Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1851, 113. 



* * The (J black and orange. 



Baltimore Oriole. Golden Robin. Firebird. Hangnest. $ with the 

 head and neck all round, and the back, black ; rump, upper tail coverts, 

 lesser wing coverts, most of the tail feathers, and all the under parts from 

 the throat, fiery orange, but of varying intensity according to age and 

 season ; middle tail feathers black ; wings black, the middle and greater 

 coverts, and inner quills, more or less edged and tipped with white, but the 

 white on the coverts not forming a continuous patch ; bill and feet blue- 

 black ; 7J-8 ; wing 3§ ; tail 3. 9 smaller, and much paler, the black 

 obscured by olive, sometimes entirely wanting. Young $ entirely without 

 black on throat and head, otherwise colored nearly like the 9 . Eastern 



United States, west to the 

 mountains of Colorado 

 (^Allen) ; abundant, in or- 

 chards and streets, as well as 

 in woodland, conspicuous by 

 its brilliant colors and spirited 

 song. Wils., i, 23, pi. 1, f. 

 3; vi, pi. 53; AuD., iv, 37, 

 pi. 217; Nutt., i, 152; Bd., 



548 BALTIMORE. 



BidloclvS Oriole. Similar ; 



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Fig. 100. Bullock's Odolo. 



^ the orange invading the sides 

 of the head and neck and the 

 forehead, leaving only a 

 narrow space on the throat, 

 the lores, and a line through the eye, black; a large continuous white patch 

 on the wing, formed by the middle and greater coverts. 9 olive-gray, 

 below whitish, all the fore parts of the body and head tinged with yellow, 

 the wings dusky, Avith two white bars, but the tail and its under coverts quite 

 yellowish. Young $ at first like the 9 , soon however showing black and 

 orange. Eather larsrer than the last. Western United States, in woodland 

 abundant, replacing the Baltimore. Aud., iv, 43, pi. 218; Bd., 549; 

 Coop., 273 ; CouES, Am. Nat., V, 1870, 678 bullockii. 



