. Birds of North Carolina . ppeared from the locality. 208. Icterus galbula (Linn.). Baltimore Oriole. Description. Ad. mule.—Head, neck, throat, and upper back black; breast, belly, lower back,and lesser wing-coverts deep, rich, reddish orange; wings black, the outer margin of the gieatercoverts and quills edged with white; end-half of middle tail-feathers black, base orange; aU theothers orange, crossed by a black band in the middle. AJ. female.—Upperparts brownish orgrayish orange, brighter on the rump; head and Ijack mottled with black; wings fuscous, greaterand middle coverts tipped with
. Birds of North Carolina . ppeared from the locality. 208. Icterus galbula (Linn.). Baltimore Oriole. Description. Ad. mule.—Head, neck, throat, and upper back black; breast, belly, lower back,and lesser wing-coverts deep, rich, reddish orange; wings black, the outer margin of the gieatercoverts and quills edged with white; end-half of middle tail-feathers black, base orange; aU theothers orange, crossed by a black band in the middle. AJ. female.—Upperparts brownish orgrayish orange, brighter on the rump; head and Ijack mottled with black; wings fuscous, greaterand middle coverts tipped with white; tail like the rump, the middle feathers stained with black;underparts dull orange, throat sometimes spotted with black. L., ; W., ; T., ; B.,.70. (Chap., Birds of E. N. A.) Range.—Eastern North America, breeding mainly north of North Carolina; winters in Mexicoand Central America. Range in North Carolina.—Whole State sparingly during the migrations, breeding wholly ormainly west of the Blue FiQ. 175. Baltimore Oriole. The Baltimore Oriole appears only as a rare migrant in the State, except in themountains, where it is not an uncommon summer bird west of the Blue Ridge. AtRaleigh it has been observed in late April, and at Durham and Chapel Hill in earlyMay, while in fall it has been seen at Raleigh only in late August and early Sep-tember. This species builds a deep-woven purse-shaped nest, from vegetable or otherfibers, usually attached by the rim to the end of a long, drooping limb of a largetree. In this structure, which is hned with any soft material readily found in theneighborhood, the bird deposits four or five eggs, which much resemble those of theOrchard Oriole. 224 Birds of Xorth Carolixa Like the preceding, this fine liird is a good singer and a determined devourer ofinsects, and is also deserving of our fullest protection. Genus Euphagus (Cass.) 209. Euphagus carolinus {MuU.}. Rusty Blackbikd. Description.—Adult male in summer, wh
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