. The birds of New England and adjacent states [microform] : containing descriptions of the birds of New England, and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature; together with a history of their habits .... Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 846 OHNITHOLOOY AND OOLOGY. Sub-Family Iotebikjb. — The OrioUt. Bin slender, elongated, m long as the head, generally a little decurved, and rerf acute; tanii not longer tiian the middle toe, nor than the head; claws short, much curved; outer lateral toe a little longer than the inner, reaching a lit
. The birds of New England and adjacent states [microform] : containing descriptions of the birds of New England, and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature; together with a history of their habits .... Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 846 OHNITHOLOOY AND OOLOGY. Sub-Family Iotebikjb. — The OrioUt. Bin slender, elongated, m long as the head, generally a little decurved, and rerf acute; tanii not longer tiian the middle toe, nor than the head; claws short, much curved; outer lateral toe a little longer than the inner, reaching a little beyond base of middle toe; feet adapted for perching; UU rounded or graduated; prevailing colors yellovr or orange, and bhtck. lOTEBUS SPUBIUS.—BwMiporte. The Orchard Oriole. OrvUm ^wriui, Linnasus. Syst. Nat., I. (1766) 162. IcUrvt npmmt, Bonaparte. Obs. on Norn. Wils. (1885), No. 44. And. Om. Biog., I. (1831) 221; V. 485. Oriolui mUatu», Wilson. Am. Cm., I. (1808) 64. Descbiftion. Bill slender, attenuated, considerably decurved; tail moderately graduated. Mtde. — Head and neck all round, wings, and interscapular region of back, with tail feathers, black; rest of under parts, lower part of back to tail, and lesser upper wing coverts, with the lower one, brownish-chestnut; a narrow line across the wing, •nd the extreme outer edges of quills, white. Femafe. —Uniform greenish-yellow beneath, olivaceous above; and browner in the middle of the back; two white bands on the wings. Young male like the female, with « broad black patch from the bill to the upper part of the breast; this color extending along the base of the bill so as to involve the eye and all anterior to it to the base of the bill. , ^ , , ^. .v In this species the bill is slender, attenuated, and a good deal decurved to the tip. The second and third quBls are longest; the first intermediate between the fourth and fifth. The tidl is rather long; the feathers moderately graduated, the greatest diflTeren
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