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The chief difference between the male and female Baltimore 

 Oriole, is the superior brightness of the orange color of the former 

 to that of the latter. The black on the head, upper part of the 

 back and throat of the female is intermixed with dull orange; 

 whereas in the male those parts are of a deep shining black; the 

 tail of the female also wants the greater part of the black, and the 

 whole lower parts are of a much duskier orange. 



I have observed that these birds are rarely seen in pine woods, 

 or where these trees generally prevail. On the ridges of our high 

 mountains they are also seldom to be met with. In orchards and 

 on well cultivated farms they are most numerous, generally pre- 

 ferring such places to build in, rather than the woods or forest. 



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