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OMNIVOROUS BIRDS. 
the breeding season they are usually seen in pairs ; and make very in- 
genious pensile nests. Allied somewhat to the warblers of the sub- 
genus Dacnis. 
BALTIMORE ORIOLE, or GOLDEN ROBIN. 
{Icterus baltimore, Bonap. Oriolus baltimore , Wilson, 1. p. 23. pi. 1. 
fig. 3. [male] and 6. p. 88. pi. 53. fig. 4. [female.] Audubon, 
pi. 12. [a nest, and very fine group.] Philad. Museum. No.) 
Sp. Charact. — Tail nearly even. — Male orange; head, neck 
back, wings, and tail, black : the lateral tail feathers orange 
at the summit. — Female and young , with the orange color pale ; 
the black also greyish, mottled with yellow, and the tail orange. 
