. Handbook of birds of eastern North America . m it so decidedly in song that some ornithologists considerit a distinct species and not a geographical race. In his charmingbiography of the Prairie Lark, Ernest E. Thompson writes: In rich-ness of voice and modulation it equals or excels both Wood Thrushand Nightingale, and in the power and beauty of its articulation ithas no superior in the whole world of feathered choristers with whichI am acquainted (Birds of Manitoba). The Troupial {502. Icterus icterus), a South American species, was re-corded by Audubon as accidental at Charleston, South C
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America . m it so decidedly in song that some ornithologists considerit a distinct species and not a geographical race. In his charmingbiography of the Prairie Lark, Ernest E. Thompson writes: In rich-ness of voice and modulation it equals or excels both Wood Thrushand Nightingale, and in the power and beauty of its articulation ithas no superior in the whole world of feathered choristers with whichI am acquainted (Birds of Manitoba). The Troupial {502. Icterus icterus), a South American species, was re-corded by Audubon as accidental at Charleston, South Carolina. H^ 506. Icterus spurius {Linn.). Orchard Oriole. Ad. 3 .—Head,neck, throat, and upper back black ; breast, belly, lower back, and lesserwing-coverts chestnut; wings and tail fuscous, more or less edged or tippedwith whitish. Ad. 9 .—Upper parts grayish olive-green, brighter on thehead and rump ; wings fuscous, middle and greater coverts tipped with whit-ish ; tail bright olive-green; under parts dull yellow. Im. $ , frst year.—. BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, ETC. 267 Similar lo the ad. 9 , but with the back browner. Tm. 5 , second year.—Simi-lar to tlie ad. ? , but with the throat black and occasionally patches of chest-nut on the under parts. L., 732;W., 3-18 ; T., 2-92 ; B., -65. Range.—Eastern North Amer-ica; breeds from the Gulf Statesto Massachusetts and Ontario,and winters in Central America. Washington, common S. R.,Apl. 28 to Sept. Sing Sing, com-mon S. K., May 2 to Kwg. <3. Cam-bridge, S. E., sometimes rathercommon. May 15 to July. Nest.^ pensile, of grasses inter-woven, near the extremity of alimb, ten to fifteen feet up. Egqs, ^ig. Oriole. (Im., i , second .1-1 f-^ i- year.) (Natural size.) three to five, bluish white, dis-tinctly and obscurely spotted, blotched, and scrawled with fuscous or black,•79 X -58. Although the Orchard Oriole generally frequents apple orchards,he is entirely at home among the shade trees of our lawns. There is an
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