Mass. ( near Concord ). 
1887 
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Icterus spur ius 
Concord, Mass 
1893 
At about 10 A. M. I heard an Orchard Oriole sing five or 
May 26. six times in an apple tree near the house but although I got 
very near him and walked around the tree I did not get a 
sight at him. He is a fine singer. 
Birds of Bristol County, Mass. 
F. W. Andros. 
Icterus spurius (Linn.), Orchard Oriole. 
Summer resident, very rare. Breeds. 
O.&O. XII. Sept. 1887 p.I40 
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Bds. Obs. near Sheffield, Berkshire 
Oy, Mail. June 17-20, ’88. W. Faxon 
27. Icterus spurius. Orchard Oriole.— Three or four, in full song, 
in Sheffield. A male, in second-year plumage, seen in Pittsfield, June 27. 
Auk, VI. Ju. . 1889. p.44 
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