AVES. 137 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



ICTERIDAE. 



258. Dolichoxyx oryzivorus (Linne) Swainson. 



Bobolink; Butter-bird; May-bird; Meadow- wink; Reed-bird; 

 Rice -bird; Skunk blackbird. 



Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 261; Auk, 

 1 893, vol. 10, pi. 7. Egg, Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, pi. 6, figs. 1, 2. 



Fringilla oryzivora Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 17'.). 

 "in Cuba,. . . .feminae solae descendunt in Carolinam." 



( rrassy meadows; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Common migrant and loeal summer resident. May 1— 

 Sept. 15. Eggs, June 6-15. 



N. H. — Common migrant and summer resident at lower eleva- 

 tions. ' May 1-Sept. 23. 



Vt. — Common migrant and summer resident. Eggs, June 1. 



Mass. — Common migrant and summer resident. (April 27) 

 May 1-Sept. 29. Eggs, June 1-8. 



R. I. — Common migrant and summer resident. May 10-Sept. 

 25. Eggs, May 30-June 3. 



Conn. — Common migrant and summer resident. May 7-Sept. 

 5. Eggs, June 5. 



25'J. Molotiirus ater (Boddaert) Gray. 



Cowbird; Clodhopper; Cow blackbird; Cow bunting; Lazy- 

 bird ; Shiney-eye . 



OHolus ater Bodd., Tabl. d. planch, enlum. d'hist. nat., 1783, 

 p. 37. Description in Buffon: "Amerique." 



Molothrus pecoris Gmel. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, 

 vol. 4, p. 16, pi. 212. Egg, Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, pi. 6, figs. 3-4. 



Open country; lays eggs in nests of other small birds. 



Me. — Common migrant and summer resident. Mar. 19— Oct. 

 13 (Dec. 27) . Eggs, May 26-June 2. 



X. H. — Uncommon summer resident in southern part; rare 

 winter resident. .Mar. 25^-Oct. 2 (winter). Eggs, June 1. 



