. "Every bird;" a guide to the identification of the birds of woodland, beach and ocean. With one hundred and twenty-four line illustrations . No. 43, BALTIMORE ORIOLE. Genus: Icterus Species; I. galbula. Distribution: A common summer resident of southern but local in northernNew England. Date of Arrival: First week in May. Date of Departure: September. General Plumage: Male, upper back, wings, a part of tail black, wings whitemarked; other parts orange^ breast often flame , paler, the orange becoming yellow and the blackbrownish yellow. Bill and feet black. Length about Son
. "Every bird;" a guide to the identification of the birds of woodland, beach and ocean. With one hundred and twenty-four line illustrations . No. 43, BALTIMORE ORIOLE. Genus: Icterus Species; I. galbula. Distribution: A common summer resident of southern but local in northernNew England. Date of Arrival: First week in May. Date of Departure: September. General Plumage: Male, upper back, wings, a part of tail black, wings whitemarked; other parts orange^ breast often flame , paler, the orange becoming yellow and the blackbrownish yellow. Bill and feet black. Length about Song and Other Notes: A whistling song somewhat like the robins, a chatter and acurious ank. Haunts: A bird of the elm trees along our town streets and also metin orchard, garden, and woodland. 44 WOODLAND No. 44. Genus: Scolecopliagus. RUSTY CRACKLE. Species: S. carolinus. Distribution: A common migrant, breeding sparingly in northern andsometimes wintering in southern New England. Date of Arrival: Latter part of March, passing north in late April. Date of Departure: October and November. General Plumage: Male, blackish gray with iridescence, rusty. Female averag-ing smaller and showing more rusty or brown, eye and feet black. Length about Song and Other Notes: A few musical notes and a chuck. Haunts: Scrubby damp country, though often met on higher ground. WOODLAND BIRDS. 45
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