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Section 2. The following species have the underparts 

 black, or heavily streaked with black, or dark brown. 





Underparts, black, often showing more or less whitish on tips of feathers; head, 

 black; back of neck, tawny, or tawny white; back, black, shading into gray 

 and white on rump and upper tail coverts. 



Bobolink. 

 Rice Bird. 



Dolichonyx oryziwrus (male) . 

 See No. 370. 



Underparts, whitish or buffy, streaked 

 with black. 



Red- winged Blackbird. 



Ayelaius phceniceus, and races (female), 

 See No. 373. 



