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of the upper mandible with a broad median ridge, somewhat 
prominent at the base ; tongue tapering to a deeply slit 
point ; oesophagus wide, considerably dilated about the mid- 
dle ; stomach elliptical ; intestine short, and of moderate 
width ; coeca very small ; cloaca globular. 
217. 1. Icterus Baltimore, Linn. Baltimore Hangnest. — 
Golden Robin. 
Plate XII. Adult and Young Male. Plate CCCCXXIII. Fig. 3. Female. 
Second and third quills longest, fourth longer than first ; tail slightly 
rounded. Male with the head, throat, sides, and hind part of the neck, 
with the fore part of the back, black ; lower parts, rump, upper tail- 
coverts, and smaller wing-coverts rieh orange, passing into orange- 
red on the breast ; wings black, the secondary coverts largely tipped, 
and the quills margined with white tail blaek, all the feathers tipped 
with rich yellow, the outer for half their length, the middle on a very 
small space. Female considerably smaller, with the upper part of 
the head, hind neck, sides of the neck at the middle, and anterior 
half of the baek, brownish-black, the feathers edged with dull yel- 
lowish-green ; hind part of the baek light brownish-yellow, purer on 
the rump ; tail yellowish-brown, the middle feathers darker ; wing- 
coverts blaekish-brown, quills dark brown, all margined with whitish ; 
first row of small coverts and secondary coverts largely tipped with 
white ; loral space, a band over the eye, and another beneath it, dull 
yellow ; below the latter the cheeks spotted with dusky ; lower parts 
yellowish-orange, duller than in the male, paler behind ; some dusky 
streaks on the throat. Young similar to the female, but with the 
upper parts brownish-yellow, the head and back faintly spotted with 
dusky. 
Male, 7i, 12. Female, 7, 11. 
In summer dispersed over the United States, to Nova Scotia. Co- 
lumbia River. Texas. Abundant. Migratory. 
f • . 
Baltimore Oriole, Oriolus Baltimore, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 23. 
Icterus Baltimore, Bonap. Syn. p. 51. 
Baltimore Oriole or Golden Robin, Icterus BMtimore, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 152. 
Baltimore Oriole, Icterus Baltimore, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 66 ; v. v. p. 278. 
218. 2. Icterus Bullockii, Swains. Bullock’s Hangnest. 
Plate CCCLXXXVIII. Fig. 5. Male. 
Plate CCCCXXXIII. Fig. 1. Yormg Male. Fig. 2. Female. 
First quill longer than fifth, the intermediate quills almost equal. 
Male with the upper part of the head, the hind neck, and the anterior 
