THE BIRD BOOK 
Hooded Oriole 
504. Scott’s Oriole. Icterus parisorum. 
Range— Western Mexico north to the adjoin- 
ing states; north to Nevada. 
This handsome black 
and yellow species does 
not appear to be abundant 
in any part of its range. 
Their nests are swung 
from the under side of 
leaves of the yucca palm 
or from small branches of 
low trees, and are made of grass and fibres. 
The eggs are bluish white, specked and blotch- 
ed chiefly about the large end with blackish 
brown and lilac gray. Size .95 x .65. Data. — 
Chiricahua Mts., Arizona, June 5, 1900. Nest 
placed on the under side of a yucca palm leaf, 
being hung from the spines, about 4 feet from 
the ground. Altitude 7000 feet. Collector, O. 
W. Howard. 
r>. - 
Bluish white 
505. Sennett’s Oriole. Icterus cucullatus sennetti. 
Range. — Mexico, north in summer to the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas. 
This species is orange yellow except for the face, throat, 
fore back, wings and tail, which are black; the wings are 
crossed by two white bars. These handsome birds are the 
most abundant of the Orioles on the Lower Rio Grange, 
where their pure mellow whistle is heard at frequent inter- 
vals throughout the day. They generally build their nests 
in hanging moss from mesquite trees, turning up at the 
ends and lining the pocket with moss, or else make a 
shallow hanging nest of fibres and suspend it from yuccas. 
During May or June they lay from three to five eggs of a white color, spotted 
(rarely lined) with purplish brown and gray. Size .85 x .60. 
505a. Arizona Hooded Oriole. Icterus cucullatus nelsoni. 
Range. — Western Mexico; in summer north to southern Arizona, New Mexico 
and California. 
This variety is like the last but more yellowish. Their nests are made of a 
wiry grass compactly woven together and partially suspended to mistletoe twigs 
growing from cottonwood trees; nests of this type are perfectly distinct from 
those of the preceding, but when they are made of fibre and attached to yuccas, 
they cannot be distinguished from nests of the former variety. Their eggs are 
similar to those of the Hooded Oriole, but generally more strongly marked and 
usually with some zigzag lines. Size .85 x .60. 
320 
