48. Icterus baltlmore. Bu.xn.ou 0 ..OU. - T«y — ». 
Birds of the Adirondack Region. 
O.E.Merriauo. 
82 Icterus galbula (Linn.) Cones. Baltimore Oriole. -This spe- 
cies rests on the authority of Dr. A. K. Fisher, who wntes me that it 
occurs in southern Warren County. 
BnlL N.O.O, e.Qct, 1881, P.230 
Arrival s of Mig’y Birds, Spring-1886, 
Central Park, N. T ■ City. A. G-. Pa' r " r . Jr. 
May 10, Icterus galbula , (507). Baltimore Oriole. 
Q.& O. XI. July. 1886. p. 109 
Vo - dL p ,fc : 
£ (Lf. , V< ^ ° ' J • 
Baltimore Oriole. Not common. 
B. A. Sterling, Brooklyn, Pa. 
Auk, XIX, July, i902, p.AOV. 
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Feathered Engineers. ^ ^ 
What a Couple of Baltimore Orioles did by Setting 
On the western side of Central Park, very 
near 103d Street and Eighth Avenue, stands 
a row of elm trees, difficult to approach on 
account of a heavy growth of syringa 
bushes around them.’ > On a branch of one 
of the trees, aboulbsixteen feet from the 
ground, a pair of Baltimore orioles set to 
building a nest a few weeks ago. They 
chose the extreme end of the bough, with 
evident intention of making it a hazardous 
experiment for any bird-nester to attempt 
to molest them. But in their excess of 
caution they appeared not to observe what 
the few persons whose eyes were keen 
enough to see the first labors of the little 
architects saw — that the branch was much 
too slender to support so large a nest as an 
oriole Guilds. 
When the nest was about two-thirds 
finished the birds saw their mistake. The 
branch had bent so low that it was getting 
perilously near the grass. Work was at 
once stopped, and the builders sat close to- 
gether for a long time, and seemed to be 
discussing the situation. Finally, they flew 
side by side to a bough about fifteen inches 
over the one on which their nest was, and, 
leaning over, inspected the distance. They 
seemed to be satisfied, and, though it was 
growing rapidly dusk, the birds flew away 
in opposite directions. In the morning it 
was found that they had firmly s ecured then 
habitation and prevented the branch from 
bending lower, bj - passing a piece of white 
string, which they had found somewhere in 
the Park, over the upper bough, and 
fastening both ends of it securely to the 
edges of the nest. The building then went 
rapidly on, and the orioles are now engaged 
in hatching their eggs. Very few persons 
] have seen the nest, and there is a fair pros- 
pect that their skill and ingenuity will be 
soon rewarded by a brood of young orioles. 
The Baltimore oriole is a very intelligent 
bird, but a New York ornithologist, who 
saw the nest, said that he had never be- 
fore seen an achievement quite equal to this 
one. He says the art of knitting fibres or 
strings together is well known to many 
birds. The weaver bird of India builds its 
nest out of a large, strong leaf, which it 
stitches together at the edges, making a 
compact and closely adhering funnel. — New 
York Sun. 
