. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. 20 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. Identification Chart, No. 12-. BrilliaLnt Ora>.nge aLnd BlaLckbirds. No. 503, Audubons Oriole, {Icterus auduhonii.') Valley of the Lower Rio Grande in Texas and Mexi- co. Length, in. Under parts clear yellow; upper parts greenish yellow; head, neck and breast, black; wings black, greater coverts tipped with white and primaries edged with white; tail black, the feathers being edged with white and the outer ones tipped also. Female not noticably different. No. 504, Scott's Oriole, {Icterus parisorum). Southwestern Unit
. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. 20 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. Identification Chart, No. 12-. BrilliaLnt Ora>.nge aLnd BlaLckbirds. No. 503, Audubons Oriole, {Icterus auduhonii.') Valley of the Lower Rio Grande in Texas and Mexi- co. Length, in. Under parts clear yellow; upper parts greenish yellow; head, neck and breast, black; wings black, greater coverts tipped with white and primaries edged with white; tail black, the feathers being edged with white and the outer ones tipped also. Female not noticably different. No. 504, Scott's Oriole, {Icterus parisorum). Southwestern United States from western Texas to southern California. Length, 8 inches. The lesser and middle coverts yellow; greater coverts broadly tipped with white and the inner secondaries edged with the same. Tail black, except the basal portions of the outer feathers which are yellow. Female:—Above, olive grayish, becoming brighter on the rump; top of head and back streaked with dark. Wings dusky with two distinct white bands. Tail yellowish olive with the two middle feathers and ends of the others darker. Under parts more or less bright yellowish olive. No. 505, Hooded Oriole, {Icterus cucullatus.') Valley of the Lower Rio Grande in Texas and south to British Honduras. Length 8 in. Bill and feet blue black, the former slender and decurved. Coverts tipped with white. Tail entirely black except slight white tips to the outer feathers. Female:—Grayish olive above. Tail and under parts dull yellowish. Wings dusky, and coverts edged with white. No. 507, Baltimore Oriole, {Icterus galbula.) United States east of the Rockies and southern Canada. South of the U. S. in winter. Length, inches. Black and orange. Middle and greater wing coverts tipped with white. Middle tail feathers, black; the others for the most part, orange. Female:— Very much paler, the black being nearly all obscured by olive. Young male like the female except that it lacks all traces of black on the head and throat
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