142 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



ICTERIDAE. 



267. Euphagus Carolines (Miiller) Richmond. 

 Rusty blackbird; Rusty grackle. 



Tardus Carolina* Mull., Linne's Vollstand. natursyst., suppl., 

 1776, p. 140. "Carolina." 



Quiscalus ferrugineus Linne. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, 

 vol. 4, p. 65, pi. 222. Egg, Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, pi. 7, fig. 14-16. 



Swamps, marshes, and wet woods; nests in bushes and low trees. 



Me. — Common migrant and in northern part a rare summer 

 resident; accidental winter resident (Calais, 1899). Mar. 17- 

 Mav; summer-Oct. 29 (winter). 



N. H. — Common migrant and in northeast part, a rare summer 

 resident (Megalloway R.). Mar. S-May; summer; Sept. 9- 

 Oct. 16. 



Vt. — Common migrant. 



Mass. — Common migrant, accidental in winter (Brookline, Eeb. 

 8,. 1879; Concord, Jan. 22, 1905; Fresh Pond, Feb. 20, 1887; 

 Jamaica Plain, winter 1907-8). Mar. 7-May 18 (May 30); Sept. 

 12-Nov. 27 (winter). 



R. I. — Common migrant. Mar. 13-(? June 5); Sept.-Oct. 23. 



Conn. — Common migrant, and rare winter resident. Mar- 

 April 19; Sept. 11-Nov. (Jan. 16, 29, Feb. 6, Milford; Dec. 25, 

 1908, New Haven). 



268. Quiscalus quiscula (Linne) Jordan. 

 Purple grackle; Crow blackbird. 



Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 269. Egg, 

 Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, pi. 7, fig. 21-23. 



Gracula quiscula Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 109. 

 "in America septentrioxali." 



Quiscalus versicolor Vieill. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, 

 vol. 4, p. 58, pi. 221. 



