366 BLACKBIRDS. 



409. RUSTY BLACKBIRD. 



Smaller, 9.50; wings and tail, long, 

 latter a little rounded; black throughout; 

 iris, white, fig. 292. Female, gray; both 

 tinged with rusty in autumn. Eastern N. 

 A. from northern N. E. northward; winters, 

 on Gulf coast; south in Sept; north in 

 March; gregarious, often associating with 

 Red-wings. Nests, in bushes. 



410. BREWER BLACKBIRD. 



Differs from last in having a thicker 

 bill, fig. 293; head more irridescent, grayish 

 in autumn. Female not as gray in summer. 



411. BRONZED GRACKLE. 



Larger, 12.50; tail, long and graduated; 

 black; head glossed with green-blue, and 

 sharply defined against bronze of back, fig. 

 294. Female, darker. Young, at first brown. 

 Temperate N. A. east of Rockies, excepting 

 regions occupied by next two. Winters in 

 southern States, south in Nov.; north in 

 March. Notes harsh and grating, not un- 



