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General plumage, gray ; palest on the throat. 



Cow Bird. 



Molothrus atcr (female'). 

 See No. 371. 



Throat, yellow ; belly, black; adult males have the entire head yellow; females 

 and immature birds have the crown often blackish. 



Yellow-headed Blackbird. 



Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus ( female). 

 See No. 372. 



Throat and belly, yellow ; breast, with more or less black. 



Meadow Lark. 



Sturnella mayna. 

 See No. 375. 



General plumage, dark slate or brownish slate color; underparts, inclining to 

 plumbeous. 



Rusty Blackbird. 



Scolecophagus carolinus (female) (adult in summer*) 

 See No. 381. 



