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Baltimore), a pretty bird, coloured with orange and black in 

 bold contrast to each other. Its name is derived, not from any 

 particular locality, but from the orange and black of its plumage, 

 those being the heraldic colours of Lord Baltimore, formerly 

 proprietor of Baltimore. It does not receive the fuU colouring 

 until its third year, the orange hues being simply yellow at the 



BALTIMORE ORIOLE. 



end of the second year, and having no red in them until the 

 last moult is completed. So far, indeed, is it from belonging to 

 any particular locality, that it is spread over a very wide range 

 of country, inhabiting the whole of America from Canada to 

 Brazil. The Baltimore Oriole goes by many names ; some, such 

 as Golden Robin and Fire Bird being in allusion to its plumage, 



