Remarkable Plumage of the Orchard Oriole. — There is in 
the collection here a very curiously marked specimen of the Orchard 
Oriole ( Icterus sput-ius) from Columbia. Pa. It is evidently a male bird 
in the transition stage of plumage from young to that of the adult. 
Young males of this species usually exhibit “confused characters of both 
sexes.” but in this case the male plumage is confined to the right side of 
the bird, and the female plumage to the left side, the two colorations 
uniting on median lines above and below. So distinctly is this peculiar- 
ity marked, that a bilateral section of the bird would divide the phases 
about equally. The left side, however, shows very slight traces of black 
and chestnut, yet not so distinct as to lessen the general yellowish-olive 
appearance of the female. There is more of the white on the coverts of 
the left wing than usual. — Charles H. Townsend, Acad. Nat. Science, 
Philadelphia, Pa. BulXN. 0«Q* 7| July > 1882, P« / & / • 
