. Wild life of orchard and field;. s. In many cases this home-sickness is so strong as to lead them to desert anew abode, when transferred to it, and attempt toreturn to their former home; but they rarely or 244 WILD LIFE OF ORCHARD AND FIELD never do so without having a definite idea in theirminds as to the route, although it is often very longand circuitous, and hence they almost invariablysucceed; otherwise, they do not try. It is not everyanimal, by a long list, that deserts a new home themoment the chain is loosed; only one, now andthen. In regard to the method used by them tofind their w
. Wild life of orchard and field;. s. In many cases this home-sickness is so strong as to lead them to desert anew abode, when transferred to it, and attempt toreturn to their former home; but they rarely or 244 WILD LIFE OF ORCHARD AND FIELD never do so without having a definite idea in theirminds as to the route, although it is often very longand circuitous, and hence they almost invariablysucceed; otherwise, they do not try. It is not everyanimal, by a long list, that deserts a new home themoment the chain is loosed; only one, now andthen. In regard to the method used by them tofind their way, it appears that they have no specialinstinct to guide them, but depend upon their mem-ory of the route, the knowledge of which was ac-quired by an attentive study through the senses ofsight, smell, and hearing, and that their searchmay possibly be aided by communication withother animals. The phenomenon, as a whole,affords another very striking example of animalintelhgence. WILD LIFE OF ORCHARD AND FIELD XIV A MIDSUMMER PRINCE. ECILIUS CALVERT, secondBaron of Baltimore, has a holdupon the recollections of man-kind far surpassing that securedby any monument in the nobletown which he founded, in thefact that the most charming birdthat makes its summer home inthe parks of our cities bears hisname. That bird is the Balti-more oriole—Icterus baltimore ofLinnaeus. Its plumage is pat-terned in orange and black, thebaronial colors of the noble lordslivery; and Linnaeus only paidan appropriate compliment to thesource to which he owed his246 WILD LIFE OF ORCHARD AND FIELD Specimen of the new species, when, in 1766, he rec-ognized the coincidence in the name. Then, as now, the orioles were among the mostbeautiful and conspicuous of woodland birds. Fromtheir winter retreat under the tropics they returnnorthward as the warm weather advances, arriv-ing in Maryland during the latter part of April,and reaching central New England by the middleof May. The males come in advance, and instan
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