362 FOREIGN BIRDS. 



His clear mellow pipe loud the Baltimore blew, 

 As round willows and poplars delighted he flew : 



long hopse hairs, several of which measure two feet in length ; 

 the bottom consists of thick tufts of cow hair. 



*' High on yon poplar clad in glossiest green 

 The orange, black-capp'd Baltimore is seen ; 

 The broad extended boughs still please him best; 

 Beneath the bending skirts he hangs his nest." 



Wilson's American Ornithology, 



The Galbula, Golden-Oriole, Golden-Thrush, Witwall, or 

 Yellow-Bird'froni' Bengal, is pale-yellow ; outer tail-feathers on 

 the hind part yellow; female dusky brownish-green; lateral 

 tail-feathers yellowish-white ; nine and a half inches long ; 

 feeds on cherries, berries, and insects ; inhabits Europe, Asia, 

 and Africa ; occasionally seen in this country in the summer ; 

 more common in France, where it breeds ; the nest is curiously 

 shaped like a purse, and fastened to the extreme branches of 

 tall trees ; it is made of the fibres of hemp or straw, mixed with 

 fine dry stalks of grass, and lined with moss and liverwort ; eggs 

 four or five, dirty white, with dark brown spots ; voice sharp ; 

 flesh good. Four or five other varieties, found in Cochin-china 

 and India. It is a migratory bird, and found in various parts 

 of the European continent during the summer ; has been ob- 

 served in Malta on its passage southward, and on its return in 

 the spring northward ; supposed to winter in Africa and Asia. 

 A nest, with young ones, was once, I understand, seen in 

 Hampshire. 



The Icterus, or Icteric-Oriole, is tawny, nine and a half 

 inches long ; active, bold ; builds a large cylindrical nest 

 hanging from the extreme branches of a tree ; is domesticated 

 in America for the purpose of destroying insects ; inhabits the 

 warmer parts of America and the Caribbees. 



The Phceniceus, Red-winged-Oriole, or Red-winged-Star- 

 ling of Wilson, is black, wing-coverts red; about nine inches 



