. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. 450 BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS Measurements. — Length to in.; spread to ; folded wing to ; tail to ; bill .75 to .82; tarsus .85 to .90. Female smaller than male. Molts. — Similar to those of Baltimore Oriole. Field Marks. — Size larger than Bluebird or Baltimore Oriole. Adult male: Similar to Baltimore Oriole in color, but forehead and sides of head and neck orange, and large white patch on fore wing. Fe- male similar to female Baltimore Oriole but grayer above, except on tail, which is yel
. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. 450 BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS Measurements. — Length to in.; spread to ; folded wing to ; tail to ; bill .75 to .82; tarsus .85 to .90. Female smaller than male. Molts. — Similar to those of Baltimore Oriole. Field Marks. — Size larger than Bluebird or Baltimore Oriole. Adult male: Similar to Baltimore Oriole in color, but forehead and sides of head and neck orange, and large white patch on fore wing. Fe- male similar to female Baltimore Oriole but grayer above, except on tail, which is yellowish; more whitish below. Voice. — CaU notes similar to those of Balti- more Oriole but song not so pleasing (C. Bendire). Breeding. — Usually in sparse or open woods or in open country where there are scattered trees; not in forests or on high mountains. Nest: Similar to that of Baltimore Oriole; sometimes roofed over with entrance in one side. Eggs: 3 to 6; virtually indistinguishable from those of Baltimore Oriole but averaging a little larger; figured in Bendire's "Life Histories of North American Birds," Vol. II, Plate VII, Figs. 10 to 13. Dates: May 15 to June 12, southern CaUf ornia to northern Oregon. Incubation: Period 14 days (Bendire); about 15 days (O. W. Knight); chiefly by female. One brood yearly. Range. — Western North America. Breeds from the transition Zone in southern British Co- lumbia, southern Alberta and southern Saskatchewan south to northern Lower Cahfornia, Sonora, northern Durango, Coahuila and southern Texas; from the Pacific coast to central North Dakota, eastern South Dakota, central Nebraska, western Kansas, western Oklahoma and central Texas. It winters in Mexico north to Durango, and south to Colima, Michoacan, Guerrero and Puebla; acci- dental in New York and Maine. Distribution IN New England.—Accidental straggler. Record: Maine: Sorrento, about Nov. 15, 1889, specimen shot and in collection of Manly Hardy.^ Haunts an
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