BALTIMORE ORIOLE. 
GOLDEN ROBIN. HANG-NEST. FIRE BIRD. 
t Icterus galbula. 
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Char. Male ; head, neck, throat, back, wings, and greater part of 
tail black; wing-coverts and secondarie.s tipped with white ; other parts 
orange. Bill and feet blue black. Female : smaller and paler, some- 
times the black replaced by olive or grayish. Young similar to female. 
Length 7 to 8 Inches. 
■Ai’rf. Pensile and purse-shaped, 6 to 8 inches deep, suspended from 
extremity of branch to to 50 feet from the ground, composed of yarn, 
string, horsehair, grass, etc., woven into a compact texture. 
4-6 ; dull white, blotched irregularly with dark brown ; .90 X .60. 
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