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tremity of Keelfoot Lake, May 23 and 24; Waverly, May 11 and 12 

 (the last a male in the immature stage where the epaulets are almost 

 wholly black); Koundhill, November 12; Rock Haven, April 25; 

 Ghent, October 13; Burlington, October 13; Berea, October 4; and 

 Quincy, July 13. 



ICTERUS SPURIUS (Linnaeus): Orchard Oriole 



An adult male was taken 4 miles west of Stearns on June 16. 



EUPHAGUS CAROLINUS (Miiller) : Rusty Blackbird 



A male comes from Eoundhill, Butler County, November 11. 



QUISCALUS VERSICOLOR Vieillot: Bronzed Crackle 



Specimens were obtained as follows : Hickman, May 31 ; Waverly, 

 May 12; Roundhill, November 11 and 12; and Quincy, July 13 (in- 

 cluding one juvenile bird fully grown). 



These are all typical of the bronzed grackle as would be expected 

 from the area covered. Elsewhere " I have indicated my reasons for 

 considering this bird as specifically distinct from the purple grackles 

 of more eastern range, and for using the name versicolor Vieillot 

 instead of aeneas Ridgway. My good friend Dr. Frank M. Chap- 

 man " has objected to this on the ground that the specimen in the 

 Paris Museum may not be the actual type of Vieillot's description. 

 While I hesitate to disagree, especially since Dr. Chapman has devoted 

 so much careful study to these grackles, I find it necessary after a 

 second review of the question to hold to my former statement.^^ 



MOLOTHRUS ATER ATER (Boddaert) : Eastern Cowbird 



The wide distribution of the cowbird during the nesting season is 

 indicated by the following records: On the Mississippi River in 

 extreme western Fulton County, in the area cut off from the rest of 

 the State and south of New Madrid, Mo., June 1; Waverly, May 7; 

 Rock Haven, April 26; Belfry, July 5 (immature) ; Quincy, July 12 

 (immature) ; and Fullerton, July 13. The last is an immature male 

 molting into first fall plumage. 



Family THRAUPIDAE 



PIRANGA ERYTHROMELAS Vieillot: Scarlet Tanager 



The first scarlet tanagers of the spring were seen near Brandenburg 

 on April 21. Specimens are at hand from Uniontown, May 13; 



'aProc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 86, 1939, pp. 230-231. 



"Auk, 1939, pp. 364-365. 



« See Auk, 1939, pp. 505-506. 



