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Genus Icterus Brisson. 

 Subii'eiuis Pendulinus Vieillot. 

 *149. (506). I. spurius (Linn.). Orchard Oriole. Summer 

 visitor, common throughout the State and confined to low coun- 

 tries in mountain region. (Univ. Coll.). 



Subjienus Yphantes Vieillot. 



150. (507). J. ^a/6it/a (Linn.). Baltimore Oriole. Rare tran- 

 sient in middle region, rather rare summer visitor in mountain 

 region ; probably breeds there. One in Univ. Coll. taken by G. 

 W. Edwards in Allegheny county. 



Genus ScoLECOPHAGUS Swainson. 



15L (509.) S. carolinus (Miill.). Rusty Blackbird. Rather 

 common transient. (Univ. Coll.). 



Genus QuiscALUS Vieillot. 



Subgenus Quiscalus. 



*152. (511). Q.quiscul a (Linn.). Purple Grackle. Common 

 transient in middle and coast region, rather rare summer visitor 

 in mountain region. Seen breeding in Asheville by Brewster. 

 (Priv. Coll.). 



Subgenus Megaquiscalus Cassin. 



153. (513). Q. major Vieill. Boat-tailed Grackle. Rare 

 transient in mountain region (vide Cairns); common resident in 

 coast region, where it probably breeds. 



Family FRINGILLID.E. Finches, Sparrows, Etc. 

 Genus Carpodacus Kaup. 



154. (517). C. purpureus (Gmel.). Purple Finch. Tran- 

 sient, and winter visitor throughout the State, sometimes very 

 common. At Chapel Hill, in the spring of 1887, hundreds 

 remained on the University grounds for a month or more, asso- 

 ciated with numbers of Spinus tristis, and feeding on the buds 

 and tender seeds of the elm. Brewster reported it abundant at 

 Old Fort, and thinks it breeds there. (Univ. Coll.). 



