222 



KKV TO T11K HIKDS <>K KASTKKN NOKllI A.MKK1CA. 



Group 4. Wing, 4.75 to 5.50 inches long. 



First primary, not short; base of bill, dividing the feathers of the fore- 

 head ; nostrils, exposed ; outer tail feathers, shorter than middle feathers. 



General plumage, inrtallit.- blur, 

 cii, i>ur|>lc. ami linin/.c. 



Crow Blackbird. 

 Purple Crackle. 



(Jin'si-iiltix ijiiisriihi. mill i-'i'- 



See No. :is.3. 



Upper plumage, dark brown, or blackish ; cmun. br<>\vu; underparts, brown= 

 ish gray, -li.-nliiiL; in ln-oxvnish \\liiic or bully \\bili- on ibr tbroat. 



Boat-tailed Crackle. 



'IX Illlljur ( frill, l!i 



Srr N.I. ,'!Mi. 



]tluui:;^<'. bliii'k ; a 



patch of scarlet red on 

 the shoulder. 



Red-winged Blackbird. 



'/:lillS /,/l,rlli,'< IIS i, I, Illlt 111, I/I') 



See No. :r:. 



