. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Birds; Oiseaux. i'i ^i .!:!« fS6 :^t:i' I i" 150 ORCHARD ORIOLE. of being more correct; yet when it is considered, tliat the female of this bird is so much shyer than the male, that it is seldom seen ; and that while the males are flying around and bewailing an approach to their nest, the females keep aloof, watching every inovenient of the enemy in restless but silent anxiety; it is less to be wondered at, I say, that two birds of the
. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Birds; Oiseaux. i'i ^i .!:!« fS6 :^t:i' I i" 150 ORCHARD ORIOLE. of being more correct; yet when it is considered, tliat the female of this bird is so much shyer than the male, that it is seldom seen ; and that while the males are flying around and bewailing an approach to their nest, the females keep aloof, watching every inovenient of the enemy in restless but silent anxiety; it is less to be wondered at, I say, that two birds of the same kind, but different in plumage, making their appear- ance together at such times, should be taken for male and female of the same nost, without doubt or examination, as from that strong sympathy for each other's distress, which prevails so universally among them at this season, it is difficult sometimes to distinguish between the sufl'orer and the svmi)athizin'' neighbor. » 1 or? The female of the Orchard Oriole, fig. 1, is six inches and a half in length, and eleven inches in extent, the color above is a yellow olive, inclining to a brownish tint on the back ; the wings are dusky brown, lesser wing-coverts tipped with yellowish white, greater coverts and secondaries exteriorly eilged with the same, primaries slightly so; tail roumled at tlie extremity, the two exterior feathers three-cjuarters of an inch shorter than the middle ones; whole lower parts yellow; bill and legs light blue, the former bent a little, very sharp pointed, and black towards the extremity; iris of the eye hazel, pupil black. The youiiy male of the first season corresponds nearly witii the above descri|)tion. But in the succeeding sj)ring, he makes his appearance with a large patch of black marking the front, lores and throat, as represented in fig. 2. In this stage, tt birds of tlu- third summer. These are niuitkd with black and olive on the upper jjarts of the back, ami with reddish 4)ay and yell
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