ORCHARD ORIOLE. 
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and it occurs sparingly in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. It 
winters southward to Panama. 
Note. — A single example of Bullock’s Oriole {Icterus 
which was shot near Bangor, Maine, in 1889, gives this 
species a right to be mentioned here. The usual habitat of this 
species is between the eastern base of the Rockies and the 1 acific 
coast. 
ORCHARD ORIOLE. 
Icterus spurius. 
Char. Male : head, neck, back, wings, and tail black ; other parts 
chestnut, deepest on breast. Female : yellowish olive mehmng to brown ; 
wings dusky brown with 3 white bands ; beneath, olive yellow. Young 
similar to female. Length 6 to 7X Hches. _ 
Nest. A handsome basket-like structure, about 4_>nches m depth, 
composed of grasses woven into a smooth firm fabric, and lined with 
featlLs or other soft material. It is sometimes partly supported in the 
forks of small twigs, and often entirely pendent. Usually about 10 eet 
from the ground and near the end of the branch. , . . , 
Eggs. 3-6 (generally 4) ; white with blue or green tint, iiregulaily 
marked with lilac and brown ; .80 X .So- 
This smaller and plainer species has many of the habits of 
the Baltimore bird, and arrives in Pennsylvania about a week 
later. They enter the southern boundary of the United States 
early in March, and remain there until October. They do not 
however, I believe, often migrate farther north and east than 
the State of Connecticut. I have never seen or heard of them 
in Massachusetts, any more than my scientific friend, and close 
observer, Mr. C. Pickering. Their stay in the United States, it 
appears from Wilson, is little more than four months, as they 
retire to South America early in September, or at least do not 
winter in the Southern States. According to my friend Mr. 
Ware, they breed at Augusta, in Georgia ; and Mr. Say ob- 
served the Orchard Oriole at Major Long’s winter quarters on 
the banks of the Missouri. Audubon has also observed the 
species towards the sources of the Mississippi, as well as in the 
State of Maine. The same author likewise remarks that their 
