. Handbook of birds of eastern North America [microform] : with keys to the species and descriptions of their plumages, nests and eggs, their distribution and migrations and a brief account of their haunts and habits with introductory chapters on the study of ornithology, how to identify birds and howto collect and preserve birds, their nests, and eggs. Birds; Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Ornithologie. BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, ETC. 207 (.. Fio. 78. -Orchara OriolP. dm., i, second year.) (Natural size.) Similar to the nd. 9 , but witli tlic back b
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America [microform] : with keys to the species and descriptions of their plumages, nests and eggs, their distribution and migrations and a brief account of their haunts and habits with introductory chapters on the study of ornithology, how to identify birds and howto collect and preserve birds, their nests, and eggs. Birds; Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Ornithologie. BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, ETC. 207 (.. Fio. 78. -Orchara OriolP. dm., i, second year.) (Natural size.) Similar to the nd. 9 , but witli tlic back browner. Im. 8 , second year.—Simi- lar to the m\. 9 , i)ut with tiie tiirout black and occasioually patches of chest- nut on tiie under parts. L., 7"3;i; W., 3-18 ; T., li'.fi ; H., -05. A'a«f/('.—Kastern North Amer- ica; breeds from the Gulf States to Mas(<aehusettrt and Ontario, and winters in Central America. Washinjrton, eominon S. R., A pi. '-'s to Sept. Sini^ Sinjr, com- mon S. May 2 to Aug. ti. Cam- bridfj^e, S. K., sometimes ratiier common, May 15 to July. 3V'.v^, pensile, of (^trasses inter- woven, near the extremity of a limb, ten to fifteen feet up. /;y.'/'') three to five, l)luish white, dis- tinctly and obscurely spotted, blotched, and scrawled with fuscous or black, •7'J X -oS. Although the Orchard Oriole generally frequents apple orchards, he is entirely at home among the sluide trees of our lawns. Tliere is an air of refiiieuient about this bird which seems to per- vade his whole life liistory. lie dresses quietly but with excellent taste, his nest is of the choicest materials, while liis song suggests the finished effort of a perfectly trained ijerformer. Ilis voice is indeed unusually rich and flexible, and he uses it with rare skill and expres- sion. Words can not describe his song, but no lover of bird-music will be long in the vicinity of a singing Orchard Oriole without learn- ing the distinguished songster's name. 607. Icterus galbula (
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