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♦Baltimore Oriole {Icterus galbula). A somewhat more common summer 

 resident than the preceding species. It arrives early in May and remains until 

 September. (See group, third floor). 



*Rusty Blackbird (Euphagtis caroliiins). A common migrant, passing 

 northward in March, returning in September and sometimes remaining during 

 the winter. 



Fig. 19. Red-winged Bl.\ckbird. 



*Purple Grackle : Crow Blackbird (Quiscalus quiscula). A common sum- 

 mer resident of local distribution, nesting in colonies. It is one of our earliest 

 migrants, arriving from the south with the Red-winged Blackbird about March 

 I. During the breeding season it is not seen far from the vicinity of its nest, 

 but about July i, when the young are on the wing, the birds gather in small 

 flocks and wander over the country, pausing wherever they find an abundance 

 ■oi food. These flocks gradually coalesce and, in October and November, form 

 •enormous gatherings numbering thousands of birds. 



♦Bronzed Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula ceneus). A spring and fall migrant, 

 :Sometimes not uncommon. 



Family FRINGILLID.-E. Finches, Sparrows, etc. 



Evening Grosbeak {Hcsperiphona z'cspcrtiiia) . During the winter and 

 •early spring of 1,890 there was a phenomenal incursion of Evening Grosbeaks 

 into the northern United States. The most southern record of their occurrence 

 in the Atlantic States was at Summit, N. J., where, on March 6, Mr. W. O. 

 Raymond observed a flock of eight birds (Orn. and Ool., XV, 1890, p. 46), 

 No specimens were collected, but Mr. Raymond watched the birds for some 

 time at a distance of about eight feet, and he has since examined skins of the 

 species in this Museum, thus confirming his identification. 



