FAMILY lOTEUIDyE. I'.LACKBIRDS, OKTOLKS, 3IEADOW LAKKS, KTC. 223 



Gencnil pluiiia.i;*-, blai-k, more or lo-is stroaked and marked with biiflf, l)ro\vn, and 

 dull whiti'; traces of more or less red on the, shoulder (lesser wing coverts). 



Red=winged Blackbird. 

 Agelaius phoeniceus, and races {irnmahtre). 

 See No. 373. 



^ Adult 1)irds entirely dull black; no red shoulder patch. 

 Immature birds have the upper parts more or less brown, 

 and the feathers on the underpai-ts. tii)ped with rusty 

 brown. Rusty Blackbird. 



ScoU'CoplKKjns carolinns (male, and immature). 

 See No. 381 . 



General plumage, dark slate or brownish slate color; underparts, plumbeous 

 slate color. Rusty Blackbird. 



Scjilccophagus carolinus (female, in summer). 

 See No. 381. 



Genera! ])luma<xe, black, glossed on tlie head with purplish or violet black; 



the back and undtn-parts, tinged with metallic green; no nul on shoulder. 



Western species raic^ in Eastern United States, 



Brewer's Blackbird. 



Seolecuphafjits ojanocephalus (male) . 



See No. 382. 



Throat, yellow; belly, black; nnionut oi yrllownn lii'ad varies ac-cordiiig to 



agf and st'asoii. 



Yellow-headed Blackbird. 



Xantlun-iiihdliix laulhuriphaUis (female). 



See No. 372. 



