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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



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, metallic blue, 

 green, purple, and bronze. 



Crow Blackbird. 

 Purple Crackle. 



Qtiiscalus quiscula, anil races. 

 See No. 383. 



383 



Upper plumage, dark brown, or blackish ; crown, brown ; underparts, brown= 



ish gray, shading to brownish white or buffy white on the throat. 



Boat-tailed Grackle. 



Quiscalus major (femal?}. 

 See No. 386. 



General plumage, black; a 

 patch of scarlet red on 

 the shoulder. 



Red winged Blackbird. 

 Agelaius phcenicens (adult male}. 

 See Xo. 3^3. 



