. . 417 BULLOCKS ORIOIE. (Icterus buUocici;.7:: Life-size. COPYRIGHT 1901, BY A. w. MUMFORO, CHrCAGU. 411 RUSTV BLACKIBIRD OR CRACKLE (Scolecopha^us caroliiuis).7i Life-size. W. MUMFOHO, BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, ETC. 297 in both flat and mountainous sections. While taking a fewberries to mix with the insect diet, hke the orioles found ineastern North America, it is highly beneficial because ofinsect diet gleaned from foliage and bark of trees. The callnote is rather melancholy, a whistle and warble combined. The nests, like those of the
. . 417 BULLOCKS ORIOIE. (Icterus buUocici;.7:: Life-size. COPYRIGHT 1901, BY A. w. MUMFORO, CHrCAGU. 411 RUSTV BLACKIBIRD OR CRACKLE (Scolecopha^us caroliiuis).7i Life-size. W. MUMFOHO, BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, ETC. 297 in both flat and mountainous sections. While taking a fewberries to mix with the insect diet, hke the orioles found ineastern North America, it is highly beneficial because ofinsect diet gleaned from foliage and bark of trees. The callnote is rather melancholy, a whistle and warble combined. The nests, like those of the Baltimore oriole, are pen-sile, and attached to the smaller branches of limbs at anelevation ranging from ten to thirty feet. The nests areconstructed of various kinds of material; usually the mostavailable is utilized. This may be string, plant fiber, horsehair, or grass. The inside of the nest is lined with finersubstances. The nests, while securely attached to the limbsand stems, frequently swing independently of the branch towhich they are attached. Four to five eggs are laid usually in May. The back-ground is pale bluish-white and the markings appear
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