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OUR SOUTHERN BIRDS 



ORCHARD ORIOLE 



Black and chestnut are his colors, but hand- 

 some as he is it is by his voice that we remember 



and recognize him 

 on his return to the 

 orchard or the 

 shade trees of the 

 lawn. In first one 

 tree and then an- 

 other it bubbles 

 forth, a rich war- 



ORCHARD ORIOLE 

 Length 7 1 ,4 inches 



bling carol easily dis- 

 tinguishable even 

 among the full spring 

 chorus. 



His nest, while not so 

 deeply swung as that of 

 his more famous cousin, 

 is noticeably well woven 

 of the choicest material, 

 and firmly set in the crotch of a limb. 



The range of the beautiful Baltimore Oriole 

 is more generally Northern, but nests are occa- 



BALTIMORE ORIOLE 



Length 7% inches 



