. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 254 BIRDS OF AMERICA. Drawing by R. I. Brasher AUDUBON'S ORIOLE {J nat. size) A sweet whistler from Mexico who whistles in Texas, too SCOTT'S ORIOLE Icterus parisorum Bonaparte A. O. U. Number 504 General Description.— Length, 8 inches. Fore and upper parts, black; under parts, yellow. Bill, long and pointed; wings, moderately long; tail, more than ^ length of wing. Color.— Adult Male: Feathers of head, neck, chest, back, and shoulders, uniform black; lesser wing-coverts, edge of wing, under wing-coverts, under parts of body (except chest), thifilis
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 254 BIRDS OF AMERICA. Drawing by R. I. Brasher AUDUBON'S ORIOLE {J nat. size) A sweet whistler from Mexico who whistles in Texas, too SCOTT'S ORIOLE Icterus parisorum Bonaparte A. O. U. Number 504 General Description.— Length, 8 inches. Fore and upper parts, black; under parts, yellow. Bill, long and pointed; wings, moderately long; tail, more than ^ length of wing. Color.— Adult Male: Feathers of head, neck, chest, back, and shoulders, uniform black; lesser wing-coverts, edge of wing, under wing-coverts, under parts of body (except chest), thifilis. under tail-coverts deep lemon- yelloiv, the rump and upper tail-coverts usually washed with olive; middle wing-coverts, usually paler yellow, often passing into white at tips; rest of wings, black, the greater coverts tipped with white, and some of the wing feathers with narrow white margins; four middle tail-feathers, black with basal portion light lemon- yellow; rest with more than the basal half light lemon- yellow, the terminal portion, black tipped with white. AnuLT Female: Above, olive-grayish, becoming more yellowish-olive on rump and upper tail-coverts, the feathers of crown, back, and shoulders with darker center streaks, sometimes black with merely the margins grayish-olive; wings, dusky with light grayish-edgings, the middle and greater coverts broadly tipped with white, forming two distinct bands ; tail, yellowish-olive with four middle feathers and terminal portion of the remainder darker, more grayish-olive; under parts, plain yellowish-olive, passing into clear yellow on middle of breast and abdomen. Imm.\ture Male: Similar in coloration to adult females, but larger. Nest and Eggs.— Nest : Typical nesting site is in a yucca, about 5 feet up, near water; semi-pensile, rarely pensile; woven of grass, yucca threads, horse- hair, and cotton waste, and lined with fine grass and a felt-like down. Eggs: 2 to 4, marked with blotches and spots of purplish-black, g
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