BLACKBIRDS. 365 



and Central America; south in Sept.; north 

 in May. Nests made of grass woven when 

 green, then bleached. Song softer and rather 

 more musical than in Baltimore. 



408. YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD. 



Larger, 10.50; black; head, yellow; 

 white patch on wing. Female, duller, no 



Fio-. 29.-; 



Brewer Blackbird. 



white on wing. Young male like female, 

 but has white on wing, fig. 291. Western 

 U. S. east to 111.; casual in Mass., Pa., Md., 

 W. Ya., District of Columbia, S. C. and 

 Fla. Song a wheezy squeak. Largely res- 

 ident. 



