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and it occurs sparingly in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. It 

 winters southward to Panama. 



Note. — A single example of Bullock's Oriole {Icterus 

 buUocki), which was shot near Bangor, Maine, in 1889, gives this 

 species a right to be mentioned here. The usual habitat of this 

 species is between the eastern base of the Rockies and the Pacific 

 coast. 



ORCHARD ORIOLE. 



Icterus spurius. 



Char. Male : head, neck, back, wings, and tail black ; other parts 

 chestnut, deepest on breast. Female : yellowish olive inclining to brown ; 

 wings dusky brown with 2 white bands ; beneath, olive yellow. Young 

 similar to female. Length 6 to •])i inches. 



Nest. A handsome basket-like structure, about 4 inches in depth, 

 composed of grasses woven into a smooth firm fabric, and lined with 

 feathers or other soft material. It is sometimes partly supported in the 

 forks of small twigs, and often entirely pendent. Usually about 10 feet 

 from the ground and near the end of the branch. 



Eggs. 3-6 (generally 4) ; white with blue or green tint, irregularly 

 marked with lilac and brown ; .80 X -60. 



This smaller and plainer species has many of the habits of 

 the Baltimore bird, and arrives in Pennsylvania about a week 

 later. They enter the southern boundary of the United States 

 early in March, and remain there until October. They do not 

 however, I believe, often migrate farther north and east than 

 the State of Connecticut. I have never seen or heard of them 

 in Massachusetts, any more than my scientific friend, and close 

 observer, Mr. C. Pickering. Their stay in the United States, it 

 appears from Wilson, is little more than four months, as they 

 retire to South America early in September, or at least do not 

 winter in the Southern States. According to my friend Mr. 

 Ware, they breed at Augusta, in Georgia ; and Mr. Say ob- 

 served the Orchard Oriole at Major Long's winter quarters on 

 the banks of the Missouri. Audubon has also observed the 

 species towards the sources of the Mississippi, as well as in the 

 State of Maine. The same author likewise remarks that their 



