i88 Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. IX. 





Bill of Bronzed Crackle. 



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General plumage, metallic green, purple, and bronze. 



Quiscalus quiscula ccneus. 

 Bronzed Grackle. 



See No. 233. 



General plumage, black; a patch of scarlet red on the shoulder. 



Agelaius phccnicens [adult male). 

 Red-winged Blackbird. 



See No. 226. 



General plumage, black, more or less streaked and marked with 

 buff, brown, and dull white; traces of more or less red on the shoulder 

 (lesser wing coverts). Agelaius phceniceus, and races (immature). 



Red-winged Blackbird. 



See Nos. 226, 226a. 



Adult birds entirely lustrous black; no red 

 shoulder patch. Immature birds have the upper 

 parts more or less rusty brown and the feathers on 

 the under parts, tipped with brown. 



Euphagus carolinus {male, and immature) . 



Rusty Blackbird. 

 See No. 2 ?i- 



General plumage, dark slate or brownish slate color; under parts, 



plumbeous slate color. Euphagus carolinus (female, in summer). 



Rusty Blackbird. 

 See No. 2?i. 



