BALTIMORE ORIOLE 
grown is very brilliant. The head, throat, 
and back are black, the under parts are 
orange the breast vermilion. A band of 
orange passes over the shoulders, and the 
tail is oiange and black. The length of 
the bird is almost eight inches. This is 
not the only bird that constructs pensile 
nests ; the Weaver Birds also form these 
nests, but of a different form. They look 
like great pistols hung up by the butt, the 
entrance being at the muzzle, and the 
nest in the butt. 
