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General plumage, gray ; palost on the tliroat. 



Cow Bird. 



Molothrus atir (female). 

 See No. 371. 



Throat, yellow ; belly, black ; adult male.s have the entiVi* lioad yellow; females 

 aud iiuniatme liirds have the crown often blackish. 



Yellow-headed Blackbird. 



Xantltocephalus iainthoccphahis {.female). 

 See No. 372. 



Throat and belly, yellow; breast, with more or le.'^s l)laek 



Meadow Lark. 



Sturnellit iiiiiiDiii. 

 See No. 375. 



(Ji'iieral pliimaj^e, dark slate or brownish slate color ; iiiidi'rparts. iiuliii'mi:: tn 

 ]iluml)eiiiis. 



Rusty Blackbird. 



iSfolerajt/iinjiis idiitlinus (female') (mhilt in sininmr) 

 See No. 381. 



