. The birds of Ontario; being a concise account of every species of bird known to have been found in Ontario, with a description of their nests and eggs, and instructions for collecting birds and preparing and preserving skins, also directions how to form a collection of eggs. Birds. ScBGExus YPHANTES Vieillot. ICTERUS GALBULA (Lixn.). 207. Baltimore Oriole. (507) 2fale :—With head and neck all round, and the back, black ; rump, upper tail coverts, lesser wing coverts, most of the tail feathers, and 'all the under parts from the throat, fiery-orange, but of varying intensity according to age a
. The birds of Ontario; being a concise account of every species of bird known to have been found in Ontario, with a description of their nests and eggs, and instructions for collecting birds and preparing and preserving skins, also directions how to form a collection of eggs. Birds. ScBGExus YPHANTES Vieillot. ICTERUS GALBULA (Lixn.). 207. Baltimore Oriole. (507) 2fale :—With head and neck all round, and the back, black ; rump, upper tail coverts, lesser wing coverts, most of the tail feathers, and 'all the under parts from the throat, fiery-orange, but of varying intensity according to age and season ; middle tail feathers, black ; tlie middle and greater coverts and inner quills, more or less edged and tipped with white, but the white on the coverts not forming a continuous patch ; bill and feet, blue-black. Length, TJ-S ; tail, .3. Frmah :—Smaller, and much paler, the black oliscured by olive, sometimes entireh' wanting. —Entirely without the black on throat and head, otherwise colored nearly like the female. H.\B.—Eastern United States, west nearly to the Rooky Mountains. Xest, purse shaped, pensile, about six inches deep, composetl chieflv of vegetable filjre, with whicli is often intertwisted rags, paper, thread, twine. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original McIlwraith, Thomas. London, T. Fisher Unwin; Toronto, William Briggs
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