FAMILY ICTERID^E. BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, MEADOW LARKS, ETC. 22o 



General plumage, black, more or less streaked and marked with huff, hrown, aud 

 dull white; traces of more or less red ou the shoulder (lesser wiug coverts). 



Red=winged Blackbird. 



Ayelaius phcenicens, and races (immature), 

 See No. 373. 



Adult birds entirely dull black; no red shoulder patch. 

 Immature birds have the upper parts more or less brown, 

 and the feathers on the underparts, tipped with rusty 

 brown. Rusty Blackbird. 



t! <-an>li>iiis (male, and immature). 

 See No. 381. 



General plumage, dark slate or brownish slate color ; underparts, plumbeous 

 slate color. Rusty Blackbird. 



Scnle.cophayus carolinus (female, in summer}. 

 See No. 381. 



General plumage, black, glossed on the head with purplish or violet black; 



the back and underparts, tinged with metallic green; no red on shoulder. 



Western species rare in Eastern United States. 



Brewer's Blackbird. 



Scolecophagus cyanocephalits (male'). 

 * See No. 382. 



Throat, yellow; belly, black; amount of yellow on head varies according to 



age aud season. 



Yellow-headed Blackbird. 



Xantlwcephalus xanthocephalus (female). 

 See No. 372. 



