orange. Its name of Baltimore Bird was 
derived from its color, black and orange, 
being the family colors of Lord Balti- 
more, who founded Maryland. 
The Orchard Oriole somewhat resem- 
bles the other, but its colors are not 
so bright, and it is less noticeable. Its 
note is musical. 
Another very noticeable bird, when the 
male bird is adorned in nuptial plumage, 
is the Bobolink, or Skunk Blackbird, as 
‘he is sometimes termed, for the reason 
that the yellowish white blotch on the 
black back resembles somewhat the man- 
ner in which the colors are distributed 
over the back of the skunk. He is also 
called the Reedbird when he lives among 
the reeds of the Delaware, and the Rice- 
bird when he is stealing rice in the Caro- 
linas. Thousands of them are killed for 
food during the autumn, and its little 
bodies, when served for food to epicures, 
bring a good price. In the season when 
they are marketable you can, at the res- 
