. The birds of Ontario [microform] : being a concise account of every species of bird known to have been found in Ontario, with a description of their nests and eggs, and instructions for collecting birds and preparing and preserving skins ; also, directions how to form a collection of eggs. Birds; Birds; Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. II. Subgenus YPHANTES Vieillot. ICTERUS GALBULA (Lixn.). 20/ Baltimore Oriole. (oO?) Male:—With head and neck all lound, and the back, black ; rump, upper tail coverts, lessei' wing coverts, most of the tail feathers, and fall the under parts
. The birds of Ontario [microform] : being a concise account of every species of bird known to have been found in Ontario, with a description of their nests and eggs, and instructions for collecting birds and preparing and preserving skins ; also, directions how to form a collection of eggs. Birds; Birds; Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. II. Subgenus YPHANTES Vieillot. ICTERUS GALBULA (Lixn.). 20/ Baltimore Oriole. (oO?) Male:—With head and neck all lound, and the back, black ; rump, upper tail coverts, lessei' wing coverts, most of the tail feathers, and fall the under parts from the throat, tiery-orange, but of varying intensity according to age and season ; middle tail feathers, black ; the niiildle and greater coverts and inner (pulls, more or less edged and tipped with white, but the white on the coverts not forming a continuous patch ; })ill and feet, blue-black. Length, 7^-8 ; tail, 3. Female:—Smaller, and much paler, the black obscured l>y olive, sometimes entirely wanting. Yoniuj:—Entirely without the black on thi'oat and head, otherwise colored nearly like the/ema/e. H.\B.—Eastern United States, west nearly to the Rocky Mountains. Nest, purse shaped, pensile, about six inches deep, composed chiefly of vegetable fibre, with which is often intertwisted rags, paper, thread, twine. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original McIlwraith, Thomas, 1824-1903. Toronto : W. Briggs; Montreal : C. W Coates
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectbirds, bookyear1894
