BliAt‘KlllRDS, ORIULCS, ETC. 267

Similar to the ad. 9 , hut with the haek lirowner. 1m. 5 , seen/ml yum—Simi- lar to the ad. 9, hut with the throat black and occasionally patches of chest— nut on the under parts. l.., 7'32; “3, 3-H: '1‘“ ram; 1%., win. li’llltf/Iti-l‘libit‘l‘ll North Amer— iea; breeds from the Gulf States to Massaehusetts and Ontario, and winters in Central .imeriea.

“'ashington, common S. IL,

Apl. 28 to Sept. Sing Sing. com— mon S. R. May 2 to .\11;;.t$. (.‘am— bridge, S. K, sometimes rather common, May 15 to July.

Nest, pensile, of grasses inters ” , won-n, near tht extremity of a / limb, ten to titteen feet up. [ff/51x, F‘G- 7&7 rchard 03W“; (inn 3 i second three to five. hluish white, dis— year.) OMHMIMNJ

tinetly and ohseurely spotted, lilotelied, and serawled with t‘useous or hlaelt,

'71! x 58.

Although the Orchard Oriole generally frequents apple orchards, he is entirely at home among the shade trees of'our lawns.

There is, an air of refinement about: this bird which seems to per- vade his whole life history. lle dre s quietly but with excellent taste, his nest is of the choicest materials, while his songr suggests the finished elfort of a perfectly trained performer. llis wire is indeed unusually rieh and flexible, and he uses it with rare sltill and expres— sion. Words ean not deseribe his song, but, no lover of bird-music will be, long in the vieinity of a singing Orehard Oriole without learn- ing the distinguished songster's name.

507. Icterus galbula. (Li/inf). BALTIMORE ()motr: Fntmunn; Gotimx RUBIN; llANt.-NF"1. .14]. a."llead. tit-eh. throat, and upper liaeli Mat-k; hreast. helly, lower hat-k, and lesser \\'ll]f_'»vo\'el'i.\‘ deep, rieh, reddish

orange; wiurs hlaelt, the outer margin of the greater eoverts and quills edged with white : end hall" of middle tail-feathers hlaek,l>ase orange; all the others orange, ero sed hy a hlaek band in the middle. All. 9 .—l‘pper parts lu'own— ish or grayish orange, hrighter on the rump: head and back mottled with lilaek; wings l'useous, waiter and middle em'erts tipped with white; tail like the rump, the middle feathers stained with hlaelt; under parts (lull orange. throat sometimes spotted with black. L, 7'53; \V., 3‘52; T., 2‘54; 15., '70.

It’d/q]: —ICastt-rn North Ameriea: hreeds from the (lult‘ States to New Brunswiek; winters in t‘entral America.

Washington, rather common 8.12.. Apl. 158‘ to Sept. Sing Sing, common S. 1., May 2 to Sept. 1. Camhridge. very common S. R.. May 8 through Aug.

Xvi-l, pensile, of grasses, hark. plant fihers, hair. strings, ete., firmly inter— woven. in fruit or shade trees. near the extremity of a limb twenty to forty