. Bird neighbors. An introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes . ORCHARD ORIOLE.* 1 Life-sizft iiM Conspicuously Red of any Shade Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) Blackbird and Oriole family Called also: ORCHARD STARLING ; ORCHARD HANG-NEST Length—7 to inches. About one-fourth smaller than therobin. Male—Head, throat, upper back, tail, and part of wings , rump, shoulders, under wing and tail coverts, andunder parts bright reddish brown. Whitish-yellow mark-ings on a few tail and wing feathers. Fe
. Bird neighbors. An introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes . ORCHARD ORIOLE.* 1 Life-sizft iiM Conspicuously Red of any Shade Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) Blackbird and Oriole family Called also: ORCHARD STARLING ; ORCHARD HANG-NEST Length—7 to inches. About one-fourth smaller than therobin. Male—Head, throat, upper back, tail, and part of wings , rump, shoulders, under wing and tail coverts, andunder parts bright reddish brown. Whitish-yellow mark-ings on a few tail and wing feathers. Female—Head and upper parts olive, shading into brown; brighteron head and near tail. Back and wings dusky brown, withpale-buff shoulder-bars and edges of coverts. Throat parts olive, shading into yellow. Range—Canada to Central America. Common in temperate lati-tudes of the United States. Migrations—Early May. Middle of September. Common sum-mer resident. With a more southerly range than the Baltimore oriole andless conspicuous coloring, the orchard oriole is not so familiar abird in many Northern States, where, neverthe
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