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Baltimore oriole   Listen
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Baltimore oriole, Baltimore bird  n.  (Zool.) A common bird (Icterus galbula) of eastern and central America and Canada, named after Lord Baltimore, because its colors (black and orange red) are like those of his coat of arms; called also golden robin. It winters in the American tropics.






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"Baltimore oriole" Quotes from Famous Books



... public park is not a favorable spot in which to study bird music. Species that spend the summer here, like the robin, the warbling vireo, the red-eyed vireo, the chipper, the goldfinch, and the Baltimore oriole, of course sing freely; but the much larger number which merely drop in upon us by the way are busy feeding during their brief sojourn, and besides are kept in a state of greater or less excitement by the frequent approach of passers-by. Nevertheless, I once heard a bobolink sing in our Garden ...
— Birds in the Bush • Bradford Torrey



Words linked to "Baltimore oriole" :   Icterus galbula, hangbird, Icterus galbula galbula, Baltimore bird



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