BALTIMORE ORIOLE. 
GOLDEN ROBIN. HANG-NEST. FIRE BIRD. 
IcTERUS GALBULA. 
CuHar. Male: head, neck, throat, back, wings, and greater part of 
tail black; wing-coverts and secondaries tipped with white; other parts 
orange. Bill and feet blue black. Female: smaller and paler, some- 
times the black replaced by olive or grayish. Young similar to female. 
Length 7 to 8 inches. 
est, Pensile and purse-shaped, 6 to 8 inches deep, suspended from 
extremity of branch Io to 50 feet from the ground, composed of yarn, 
string, horsehair, grass, etc., woven into a compact texture. 
£ggs. 4-6; dull white, blotched irregularly with dark brown ; .go X .60. 
