Bird Neighbors / An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifty Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes

by Neltje Blanchan

With a more southerly range than the Baltimore oriole and less conspicuous coloring, the orchard oriole is not so familiar a bird in many Northern States, where, nevertheless, it is quite common enough to be classed among our would-be intimates. The orchard is not always as close to the house as this bird cares to venture; he will pursue an insect even to the piazza vines.

His song, says John Burroughs, is like scarlet, "strong, intense, emphatic," but it is sweet and is more rapidly uttered than that of others of the family. It is ended for the season early in July.

This oriole, too, builds a beautiful nest, not often pendent like the Baltimore's, but securely placed in the fork of a sturdy fruit tree, at a moderate height, and woven with skill and precision, like a basket. When the dried grasses from one of these nests were stretched and measured, all were found to be very nearly the same length, showing to what pains the little weaver had gone to make the nest neat and pliable, yet strong. Four cloudy-white eggs with dark-brown spots are usually found in the nest in June.

INDEX

[22], [28], [30], [32], [36], [46].
Keel-tailed (see [Purple Grackle]), [44].
Purple, [7], [19], [20], [21], [22], [28], [30], [32], [36], [44].
Rusty (see Rusty Blackbird), [46].
Grasel (see [Chewink)], [58].
Grass-bird, Red (see Swamp Song Sparrow), [160].
Greenlet family (see Vireo family), [10].
Grosbeak, Blue, [8], [28], [36], [105].
Cardinal, [8], [21], [27], [28], [29], [36], [215].
Evening, [8], [28], [36], [192].
Pine, [8], [20], [27], [36], [219].
Rose-breasted, [8], [21], [28], [30], [31], [36], [60].
Grosbeaks, the, [7], [19], [20], [21].
Hair-bird (see Chipping Sparrow), [149].
Halcyon (see Belted Kingfisher), [102].
Hang-nest (see Baltimore Oriole), [211].
Orchard (see Orchard Oriole), [227].
Hawk, Mosquito (see Nighthawk), [138].
Heron, Venison (see [Canada Jay]), [79].
High-hole or High-holder (see Flicker), [130].
Humming-bird family, [5].
Ruby-throated, [5], [19], [21], [28], [30], [31], [35], [170].
Indigo Bird (see Indigo Bunting), [101].
Jay, Blue, [6], [19], [20], [21], [27], [28], [36], [104].
Canada, [6], [20], [21], [22], [28], [36], [79].
family (see Crow and Jay family), [6].
Junco, [8], [21], [22], [27], [31], [35], [83].
Kingbird, [5], [19], [20], [22], [23], [28], [30], [31], [35], [68].
Kingfisher, Belted, [3], [20], [21], [23], [28], [30], [36], [102].
family, [3].
Kinglet family, [14].
Golden-crowned, [14], [20], [21]. 28, [32], [35], [174].
Ruby-crowned, [14], [20], [21], [28], [30], [32], [35], [172].
Lark, Brown or Red (see American Pipit), [135].
family, [5].
Field (see Meadowlark), [132].
Horned, [6], [21], [22], [23], [27], [31], [36], [134].
Meadow (see Meadowlark), [132].
Oldfield (see Meadowlark), [132].
Pine (see Pine Siskin), [146].
Prairie (see Western Meadowlark), [133].
Prairie Horned, [6], [22], [27], [29], [135].
Purple (see Purple Finch), [223].
Redpoll (see Redpoll), [222].
Shore (see Horned Lark), [134].
Snow (see [Snowflake]), [59].
Tit (see American Pipit), [135].
Linnets, the, [7].
Longspur, Lapland, [8], [22], [28], [35], [148].
Smith's Painted, [8], [22], [28], [35], [147].
Maize Thief (see Purple Grackle), [44].
Martin, Bee (see Kingbird), [68].
Purple, [9], [19], [21], [29], [30], [31], [36], [48].
Sand (see Bank Swallow), [143].
Mavis (see Brown Thrasher), [121].
Maybird (see Bobolink), [61].
Meadowlark, [7], [21], [22], [23], [27], [29], [30], [32], [36], [132].
Western, [7], [21], [22], [23], [27], [29], [36], [133].
Mocking-bird, [12], [19], [20], [21], [29], [36], [81].
Brown (see Brown Thrasher), [121].
French (see Brown Thrasher), [121].
Yellow, [206].
Mocking-birds, the, [12].
Nighthawk, [4], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [28], [30], [31], [36], [138].
Nightingale, European, [125].
Virginia (see Cardinal Grosbeak), [215].
Nightjar (see Nighthawk), [138].
Nine-killer (see Northern Shrike), [87].
Nuthatch, Canada (see Red-breasted Nuthatch), [85].
family, [13], [21].
Red-breasted, [13], [20], [28], [32], [35], [85].
White-breasted, [13], [20], [27], [29], [32], [35], [84].
Oriole, Baltimore, [7], [19], [21], [28], [30], [31], [36], [211].
Brown-headed (see Cowbird), [49].
family (see Blackbird and Oriole family), [6].
Golden (see Baltimore Oriole), [211].
Orchard, [7], [19], [21], [28], [30], [31], [36], [227].
Red-winged (see Red-winged Blackbird), [47].
Rusty (see Rusty Blackbird), [46].
Ortolan, American (see Bobolink), [61].
Ovenbird, [12], [21], [22], [23], [29], [30], [31], [35], [180].
Pewee, Bridge (see Phœbe), [71].
Small (see Acadian Flycatcher), [182].
Water (see Phœbe), [71].
Wood, [5], [19], [20], [22], [23], [28], [30], [31], [36], [69].
Phœbe, [5], [19], [20], [22], [23], [28], [30], [32], [35], [71].
Say's, [72].
Pigeon and Dove family, [15].
Pipit, American, [12], [21], [22], [23], [28], [30], [35], [135].
Pipits, the, [12].
Piramidig (see Nighthawk), [138].
Pisk (see Nighthawk), [138].
Pocket-bird (see Scarlet Tanager), [218].
Preacher, the (see Red-eyed Vireo), [176].
Raven, American, [6], [19], [20], [28], [36], [43].
Northern (see American Raven), [43].
White-necked, [44].
Récollet (see Cedar Bird), [144].
Redbird, Black-winged (see Scarlet Tanager), [218].
Crested (see Cardinal Grosbeak), [215].
(see Summer Tanager), [216].
Smooth-headed (see Summer Tanager), [216].
Virginia (see Cardinal Grosbeak), [215].
Redhead (see Red-headed Woodpecker) 53.
Redpoll, [8], [21], [22], [27], [35], [222].
Greater, [8], [21], [22], [27], [35], [223].
Lesser (see Redpoll), [222].
Redstart, [12], [19], [29], [31], [35], [210].
Reedbird (see Bobolink), [61].
Robin, American, [14], [19], [20], [21], [22], [27], [28], [29], [30], [32], [225].
Blue (see Bluebird), [99].
Canada (see Cedar Bird), [144].
English (see Baltimore Oriole), [211].
Golden (see Baltimore Oriole), [211].
Ground (see Chewink), [58].
Redbreast (see American Robin), [225].
Wood (see Wood Thrush), [123].
Sapsucker (see Yellow-bellied Woodpecker), [57].
Shrike family, [9].
Loggerhead, [10], [19], [20], [21], [29], [36], [86].
Northern, [10], [19], [20], [21], [27], [32], [36], [87].
Silktail (see Bohemian Waxwing), [88].
Siskin, Pine, [8], [20], [28], [32], [35], [146].
Skylark, European, [5].
Snowbird (see Junco), [83]; also Snowflake, [59].
Lapland (see Lapland Longspur), [148].
Little (see Redpoll), [222].
Slate-colored (see Junco), [83].
Snowflake, [8], [22], [27], [36], [59].
Sparrow, Bush (see Field Sparrow), [152].
Canada (see Tree Sparrow), [161];
also White-throated Sparrow, [165].
Chipping, [7], [19], [20], [22], [27], [28], [30], [35], [149].
English, [7], [20], [22], [27], [28], [151].
Field, [7], [22], [28], [30], [32], [152].
Fox, [7], [20], [21], [22], [27], [28], [29], [32], [36], [153].
Fox-colored (see Fox Sparrow), [153].
Grasshopper, [7], [22], [28], [31], [35], [154].
House (see English Sparrow), [151].
Marsh (see Swamp Song Sparrow), [160].
Savanna, [7], [22], [28], [32], [35], [155].
Seaside, [7], [22], [28], [35], [156].
Sharp-tailed, [7], [22], [28], [35], [157].
Social (see Chipping Sparrow), [149].
Song, [8], [20], [21], [22], [23], [27], [28], [30], [35], [158].
Swamp (see Swamp Song Sparrow), [160].
Swamp Song, [8], [22], [27], [28], [30], [32], [35], [160].
Tree, [8], [19], [20], [21], [22], [27], [31], [35], [161].
Vesper, [8], [20], [22], [23], [27], [28], [30], [31], [35], [162].
White-crowned, [8], [20], [21], [22], [27], [32], [36], [164].
White-throated, [8], [20], [21], [22], [27], [30], [31], [36], [165].
Wood (see Field Sparrow), [152].
Yellow-winged (see Grasshopper Sparrow), [154].
Sparrows, the, [7], [19], [21], [22].
Starling, [50]
Orchard Starling, [227]
Red-winged (see Red-winged Blackbird), [47].
Swallow, Bank, [9], [19], [22], [23], [29], [30], [35], [143].
Barn, [9], [19], [21], [22], [23], [29], [30], [35], [106].
Chimney (see Chimney Swift), [67].
Cliff, [9], [19], [21], [22], [23], [29], [30], [31], [35], [107].
Crescent (see Cliff Swallow), [107].
Eave (see Cliff Swallow), [107].
family, [9], [20], [22], [23].
Rocky Mountain (see Cliff Swallow), [107].
Rough-winged, [9],

[19], [22], [23], [29], [35], [144].
Sand (see Bank Swallow), [143].
Tree, [9], [19], [22], [23], [29], [30], [35], [169].
White-bellied (see Tree Swallow), [169].
Swamp Angel (see Hermit Thrush), [125].
Swift, American (see Chimney Swift), [67].
Swift, Chimney, [5], [19], [21], [23], [28], [30], [31], [35], [67].
family, [4].
Tanager, Canada (see Scarlet Tanager), [218].
family, [8], [21].
Scarlet, [8], [19], [28], [30], [31], [36], [218].
Summer, [8], [19], [29], [36], [216].
Teacher, the (see Ovenbird), [180].
Thrasher, Brown, [12], [19], [20], [21], [22], [29], [30], [32], [36], [121].
Thrashers, the, [12].
Thrush, Alice's, [15], [29], [30], [32], [36], [126].
Aquatic (see Northern Water Thrush), [129].
Black-capped (see Catbird), [80].
Brown (see Brown Thrasher), [121].
family, [14], [19], [21].
Gray-cheeked (see Alice's Thrush), [126].
Golden-crowned (see Ovenbird), [180].
Ground (see Brown Thrasher), [121].
Hermit, [15], [29], [30], [31], [36], [125].
Little (see Hermit Thrush), [125].
Louisiana Water, [12], [21], [22], [23], [29], [30], [31], [35], [128].
New York (see Northern Water Thrush), [129].
Northern Water, [12], [21], [22], [23], [29], [30], [31], [35], [129].
Olive-backed, [15], [29], [30], [32], [36], [127].
Red (see Brown Thrasher), [121].
Red-breasted or Migratory (see American Robin), [225].
Song (see Wood Thrush), [123].
Swainson's (see Olive-backed Thrush), [127].
Tawny (see Wilson's Thrush), [122].
Wilson's, [15], [21], [22], [29], [30], [31], [32], [36], [122].
Wood, [15], [20], [21], [29], [30], [31], [32], [36], [123].
Tit, Black-capped (see Chickadee), [76].
Titlark (see American Pipit), [135].
Titmouse Black-capped (see Chickadee), [76].
Crested (see Tufted Titmouse), [78].
family, [13], [21].
Tufted, [14], [19], [20], [21], [27], [28], [29], [31], [35], [78].
Tomtit, Crested (see Tufted Titmouse), [78].
Torch-bird (see Blackburnian Warbler), [209].
Towhee (see Chewink), [58].
Tree-mouse (see White-breasted Nuthatch), [84].
Tricolor (see Red-headed Woodpecker), [53].