OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. ']'] 



iracter we are inclined to- think that the. sexes 

 ive at the same time. 



shortly after their arrival, they set to work to 

 cover a suitable situation for the purposes of 

 ificatioh. In this work they display little judg- 

 nt and taste. Almost any object with a- suitable 

 irture and a moderate capacity of interior, and 

 11 adapted to secure the requisites of shelter 

 i comfort, is taken possession of and made to 

 jserve its purposes. 



Before us is a nest of the Baltimore Oriole 

 ich is composed of strings beautifully and 

 istically interwoven. Within, this structure is 

 mpied by the nest of the species under con- 

 eration. The coarse sticks of the latter which 

 : nearly one-eighth of an inch in thickness, 

 )ject in every direction through the meshes of 

 : former. At the entrance, these sticks are 

 ;d up in an unsymmetrically conical heap, with 

 ircular opening just large enough to admit the 

 jsage of a Wren. It seems to us that so cozy 

 est as the Oriole's, which the most competent 

 noisseur of birds' nests would certainly pro- 

 ance the perfection of art, would scarcely be 

 used by a species whose artistic skill is so 

 ;idedly inferior. But such is often the case as ■ 

 present instance amply attests. Howsoever 

 nely and uncouth the structure, the House 

 ■en prefers its own workmanship to that of a 

 inger's. 

 The Common Pewee delights to build its nest 



