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ably show that they are Corviis b. paiiliis Howell.^ During win- 

 ter typical Corvus 6. brachyrhynchos should occur. 



30. Molothrus ater ater (Boddaert). — Cowbird. 



Common. Eight were noted on May 23 and others were seen each 

 day until my departure. On May 24 an egg was found in the nest 

 of a Bell's Vireo. 



31. XantJwceplialns xanthocephaliis (Bonaparte). — Yellow-headed 



Blackbird. 

 Tolerably common. May 25 I found a small flock of females 

 and young in juvenal plumage feeding in a newly cut alfalfa field. 

 An adult female was collected. Other yellow-heads were seen on 

 May 26. 



32. Agelaius plioeniceus predatorius (Wilson). — Red-winged Black- 



bird. 

 Common. Red-wings were breeding about the slough below the 

 town of Minco. An incomplete set of two eggs (fresh) was col- 

 lected there on May 26. The nest was placed two feet from the 

 water in the top of a small willow at the border of the pond. An 

 adult male collected May 23 agrees in subspecific characters with 

 A. p. predatorius. The wing measures 118 mm., the tail 93 mm., 

 and the culmen (from base) 23 mm. 



33. Sturnella magna magna (Linnaeus). Meadowlark. 

 Common everywhere about Minco. Breeding. Four were seen 



May 23 and individuals were observed daily from that date until 

 my departure. This species was the dominant meadowlark, greatly 

 outnumbering the western species. No specimens were collected. 

 It is possible that the records here given belong under some other 

 subspecies than /S. m. viagna. 



34. Sturnella neglecta neglecta Audubon. — Western Meadowlark. 

 Tolerably common; breeding. Western Meadowlarks were found 



scattered over the prairie about Minco. Birds were seen on May 

 23 and 25. On May 26 I found a mated pair near the South Ca- 

 nadian River and collected the female. On May 31, a few others 

 were found in driving to Leal. In the area covered both species 

 of meadowlark breed, but the western form is much more rare than 

 the eastern. 



35. Icterus spurius (Linnaeus). — -Orchard Oriole. 



Common; breeding. Eight of these birds were observed May 

 23, and the species was seen daily during my stay at Minco. A male 

 and a female were taken May 24. On May 26 I collected a set of 

 five fresh eggs near the South Canadian River. Orioles were com- 

 mon there in the cottonwoods, but were difficult to see as the strong 



^Howell, A. H., Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington. XXVI, 1913, pp. 

 199-202. 



