. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. 214 .1MI'JH[CAN 01:NITIIOLOGY. Identification Chart No- No. 506. Orchard Oriole, (Icterus spurius). Length, 7 in. Eastern United States and the Gulf coast; west to the Plains; north to Connecticut and New York regularly, and casually to Maine and Canada. Breed throughout their U. S. range and Mexico. Adult male. Underparts, lesser wiag cov- erts and rump chestnut greater tipped, sec- ondaries edged, and outer tail feathers sometimes lippfd with white: rest of plumage black. Female. Upoer parts yellowish olive, brightest on the head an
. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. 214 .1MI'JH[CAN 01:NITIIOLOGY. Identification Chart No- No. 506. Orchard Oriole, (Icterus spurius). Length, 7 in. Eastern United States and the Gulf coast; west to the Plains; north to Connecticut and New York regularly, and casually to Maine and Canada. Breed throughout their U. S. range and Mexico. Adult male. Underparts, lesser wiag cov- erts and rump chestnut greater tipped, sec- ondaries edged, and outer tail feathers sometimes lippfd with white: rest of plumage black. Female. Upoer parts yellowish olive, brightest on the head and rump underparts dull yellow; wings dusky, tipped and edged with white as in the male; some- what smaller than the male. Young male. The first year similar to the female except that he has a black throat; the second year he is mixed with some brownish in patches and the third year gets the same plumage as the adult. No. 590. Green-tailed Towhee, (Pipilo chlorurus). Length about in. Whole of the Rocky Mount- ain region from Canada south through Mexico. Adults. Crown chestnut; rest of upper parts vary- ing in different birds, from bright olive green to an olive gray. Breast, sides of head, and flanks clear ash, contrasting sharply with the pure white throat; belly white. Young. Upper parts including the crown, olive greenish; browner on the back than the adult; underparts similar but duller than the adults and somewhat streaked. Lucy's Warbler {Helminthophila No. 643. lucice). Length in. Southern California and Arizona. Adults. Above ashy gray with a chestnut patch on the head and rump; below white. The young are the same except that they lack the chestnut on the crown. No. 660. Bay-breasted Warbler, (Den- droica castanea). Length about in. Eastern North America; breeds from Northern United States northwards; south in winter to Mexico and Central America. Crown, throat, and streaks on side chestnut; middle and greater coverts tipped with white, and outer tail feather
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