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BALTIMORE ORIOLE. 
the back and throat, of the female, is intermixed with dull 
orange; whereas in the male those parts are of a deep shining 
black; the tail of the female also wants the greater part of the 
black, and the whole lower parts are of a much duskier orange. 
I have observed that these birds are rarely seen in pine woods, 
or where these trees generally prevail. On the ridges of our 
high mountains, they are also seldom to be met with. In or- 
chards, and on well cultivated farms, they are most numerous, 
generally preferring such places to build in, rather than the 
woods or forest. 
