BALTIMORE ORIOLE. 455 



over each eye a white hne : breast and belly black 

 spotted with pale brown: lesser coverts of the 

 wings rich orange/' 



r,ALTLMOKE ORIOLE. ' 



Oriolus Baltimore. 0. niger, suhtus fuhus, humeris fulvis, 



remigibus alho marginatis. 

 Black Oriole, fulvous beneath, with fulvous shoulders, and 



quill-feathers edged with white. 

 Oriolus Baltimore. 0. nigricans, suhtus fasciaque alarum fulvus* 



Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Le Baltimore. Buff. ois. PL Enl. 505. 

 Baltimore-Bird.' Catesby Carol, pi. 4^. 



The Baltimore Oriole is so named from a simi- 

 larity in its colours to those in the arms of the 

 Baltimore family. It is a very elegant species, 

 not much exceeding a sparrow in size, usually 

 measuring about seven inches in length: the head, 

 neck, and upper part of the back are of a glossy 

 black colour; the rest of the body bright orange; 

 the smaller wing-coverts orange; the greater black 

 with white tips, forming a white bar on that part 

 of the wing: the quill-feathers dusky-black, with 

 whitish edges: the two middle tail-feathers black, 

 the four outer ones orange from the middle to the 

 tip: the bill is lead-coloured, and the legs black. 

 The female differs in being of an olive-brown 

 colour above, with the wings barred and streaked 

 with white, as in the male; the throat black, the 

 under parts yellowish^ and the tail dusky, with 

 yellowish edges. 



' V. VII. p. II. ^8 



