Second and third quills longest, fourth longer than first; tail slightly rounded. Male with the head, throat, sides, and hind part of the neck, with the fore part of the back, black; lower parts, rump, upper tail-coverts, and smaller wing-coverts rich orange, passing into orange-red on the breast; wings black, the secondary coverts largely tipped, and the quills margined with white; tail black, all the feathers tipped with rich yellow, the outer for half their length, the middle on a very small space. Female considerably smaller, with the upper part of the head, hind neck, sides of the neck at the middle, and anterior half of the back, brownish-black, the feathers edged with dull yellowish-green; hind part of the back light brownish-yellow, purer on the rump; tail yellowish-brown, the middle feathers darker; wing-coverts blackish-brown, quills dark brown, all margined with whitish; first row of small coverts and secondary coverts largely tipped with white; loral space, a band over the eye, and another beneath it, dull yellow; below the latter the cheeks spotted with dusky; lower parts yellowish-orange, duller than in the male, paler behind; some dusky streaks on the throat. Young similar to the female, but with the upper parts brownish-yellow, the head and back faintly spotted with dusky. _Male_, 7-3/4, 12. _Female_, 7, 11. In summer dispersed over the United States, to Nova Scotia. Columbia River. Texas. Abundant. Migratory. Baltimore Oriole, Oriolus Baltimore, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 23. Icterus Baltimore, Bonap. Syn. p. 51. Baltimore Oriole or Golden Robin, Icterus Baltimore, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 152. Baltimore Oriole, Icterus Baltimore, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 66; v. v. p. 278. 218. 2. Icterus Bullockii, Swains. Bullock's Hangnest. Plate CCCLXXXVIII. Fig. 5. Male. Plate CCCCXXXIII. Fig. 1. Young Male. Fig. 2. Female.