. Handbook of birds of eastern North America : with keys to the species and descriptions of their plumages, nests and eggs, their distribution and migration ... Birds. BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, ETC. 267 Similar lo the ad. 9 , but with tlie back browner. Im. i, second year.âSimi- lar to the ad. 9 , but with the throat black and oooasionally patches of chest- nut on the under parts. L., '7'32; W., 3-18 ; T., 2-92; B., -65. Range.âEastern North Amer- ica; breeds from the Gulf States to Massachusetts and Ontario, and winters in Central America. Washington, common S. E., Apl. 28 to Sept. Sing Sing, com-
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America : with keys to the species and descriptions of their plumages, nests and eggs, their distribution and migration ... Birds. BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, ETC. 267 Similar lo the ad. 9 , but with tlie back browner. Im. i, second year.âSimi- lar to the ad. 9 , but with the throat black and oooasionally patches of chest- nut on the under parts. L., '7'32; W., 3-18 ; T., 2-92; B., -65. Range.âEastern North Amer- ica; breeds from the Gulf States to Massachusetts and Ontario, and winters in Central America. Washington, common S. E., Apl. 28 to Sept. Sing Sing, com- mon S. E., May 2 to Aug. 6. Cam- . bridge, S. E., sometimes rather common. May 15 to July. Nest, pensile, of grasses inter- woven, near the extremity of a limb, ten to fifteen feet up. Egqs, ^i"- Oriole. (Im., «, second ' f., ,. year.) (Natural size.) three to five, bluish white, dis- tinctly and obscurely spotted, blotched, and scrawled with fuscous or black, â 79 X -58. Although the Orchard Oriole generally frequents apple orchards, he is entirely at home among the shade trees of our lawns. There is an air of refinement about this bird which seems to per- vade his whole life history. He dresses quietly but with excellent taste, his nest is of the choicest materials, while his song suggests the finished effort of a perfectly trained performer. His 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. 507> Icterus galbula {Linn.). BALTmor.£ Oriole ; Firebird ; Golden Eobin ; Hang-nest. Ad. t,.âHead, neck, throat, and upper back black; breast, belly, lower back, and lesser wing-ooverts deep, rich, reddish orange; wings black, the outer margin of the greater coverts and quills edged â with white; end half of middle tail-feathers black, base
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