368 LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



A. o. XT. Genus AQELAIUS. Vieill. 



NO. 



373 (498) AQELAIUS PH(EN1CEUS. (Lixv.) Red=winged Blackbird. 



Common throughout Nortli America ; from about latitude 52° to the 

 Gulf ; replaced in southern Florida and Gulf coast of Louisiana by 

 tlie following race. 



374 (498&) A(/eJaius j^hcpMiceas bryanti. Ridgw. Bahaman Red-winged Blackbird. 



A small race, having a more slender bill, which inhabits the Bahaman 



Islands, southern Florida, and portions of the Gulf coast to 



Louisiana ; the females are not as heavily streaked on the nnder- 



parts. 



Genus STURNELLA. Vieill. 



375 (501) STURNELLA MAGNA. (Linn.) Meadow=lark. 



"Eastern United States and southern Canada to the plains; breeds 

 from the Gulf of Mexico northward." (A. O. U.) 



376 (i'tOlh) Sturnella magna neylecta. (Aud.) Western Meadow -lark. 



Western race which occurs in Illinois and Wisconsin ; it differs in having 

 the yellow of the throat extending upon the cheeks or malar region, 

 also in having the lower under tail coverts white, or nearly white, 

 not buff as in S. magna. 



Genus ICTERUS. Briss. 



377 (502) ICTERUS ICTERUS. (Linn.) Troupial. 



South American species ; recorded by ^Vudubon from South Carolina ; 

 no subsequent records for eastern North America. 



Subgenus PENDULINUS. Vieill. 



378 (506) ICTERUS SPURIUS. (Linn.) Orchard Oriole. 



Eastern United States; from northern New England, Michigan, Illinois, 

 and Dakota, to the Gulf of Mexico ; breeds througliout its summer 

 range ; winters as far south as northern South America. 



Subgenus VPHANTES. Vieill. 



379 (507) ICTERUS GALBULA. (Linn.) Baltimore Oriole. 



Eastern United States ; from Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, 

 and from Ontario to the Gulf of Mexico ; winters south to Mexico 

 and South America. 



380 (508) ICTERUS BULLOCKI. (Swains.) Bullock's Oriole. 



Western species ; only once recorded from our Eastern States ; Bangor, 

 Me., one record. 



Genus SCOLECOPHAQUS. Swains. 



381 (509) SCOLECOPHAQUS CAROLINUS. (Mull.) Rusty Blackbird. 



Eastern and northern North America west to the plains ; breeds from 

 northern United States north to Labrador ; winters from Virginia 

 southward. 



