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They not only raised their second set or first brood, but 
another, the latter of three young. Last season, in follow- 
ing along these lines, I had the same results; the first 
brood or second setting, four young; second brood, three 
young. The height of nest varies from ten to forty feet 
up. Their food consists almost entirely of insects, mostly 
taken from the foliage of near-by shrubs, bushes, and trees, 
thus making them a most beneficial bird to have around 
one’s farm. They leave us on their migration southward 
about August 16th. 
SUBGENUS YPHANTES. 
[507]. Icterus galbula (Linneus). Baltimore Oriole. 
[Weaver Bird. Basket Bird. Golden Robin]. 
Raner.—Eastern North America and northern South 
America. Breeds mainly in Transition and Upper Austral 
zones from central Alberta, central Saskatchewan, Mani- 
toba, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia south to 
northern Texas, central Louisiana, and northern Georgia, 
and west to Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the 
Rocky Mountains; migrates through eastern Mexico; 
winters from southern Mexico through Central America 
to Colombia; accidental at York Factory, Hudson Bay, 
and in Cuba. 
In our Tidewater region, even during the migrations, 
this is a rare bird with us, and it was not until the season 
of 1910 that I had positive evidence of their breeding 
within that mit. During my visit to Northampton 
County that year, I was shown a nest of this bird in an 
