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Upper plumage, dark brown or blackish; crown, browii; underparts, brownish 

 oriiy, shading to brownish white, or buffy white on the throat (female). 



Throat, yellow; belly, black. 



Throat, yellow ; belly, yellow. 



Boat-tailed Qrackle. 



Qtiiscalus major. 

 See No. 386. 



Yellow=headed Blackbird. 



Xanthocephalus xnnthocephulus. 

 See Xo. 372. 



rieadow Lark. 



ftturnella mdyna,, awl rnc.es. 

 See No. 375. 



Group 6, Wing, over 6.50 inches long. 



Boat-tailed Grackle. 



General plumage, black. 



Boat=tailed Qrackle. 



See No. :{sii. 



