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icterid_;e. 



Dolichonyx oryzivorus Swains. — Bob-o'-link, Abun- 



daiit summer resident. 



No. 453, <J, Summer. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1855. 



No. 458, ?, " " 



No. 459, ,J, Winter, " " " " 1856. 



No. 455, ^, Autumn. " " " " *' 



Molothrus pecoris Swains. (^Frhigilla amhigua Nutt,, 



and of the earlier local authors,) Cow Bird, Common 



summer resident. 



No. 460, $. Essex Co. S. Jillsou, 1855. 

 No. 454, $. " " 



Agelmus plKxniceus Vieill, — Red-wiuged Black-bird. 



Abundant summer resident. 



No. 448, $. Essex Co. S. Jillsou, 1856. 

 No. 466, ?. " " " " 



Sturnella magna Swains. — Field-lark. Resident, but 



most abundant in summer, as the greater number leave 



during the winter. " Southern Maine in summer ; not 



common" {Verr., p. 22). Probably does not go much 



farther north. 



.No. 461, ?. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1856. 

 No. 98. Peoria, 111. F. Bischofl:'. From the Chicago Academy of 

 Sciences, 1864. 



Icterus Baltimorensis Daudin. — Baltimore Oriole. 



" Golden Robin." Abundant summer resident. 



No. 446, $. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1855. 

 No. 447, $. 



Icterus sjmrius Bon. — Orchard Oriole. Summer resi* 

 dent. Rare ; and probably not extending to the northern 

 limits. 



Scolecophagus ferrugineus Swains. — Rusty Grackle. 

 Common, chiefly during the migrations ; but it breeds in 

 northern sections, and some probably winter. 



No. 449, $ ; immature. Lynn, Essex Co. S. Jillson, Sept. 1855. 



No. 450,.^ ; " " " " " " 1856. 



Qidscalus versicolor Vieill. — Purple Grackle. Com- 

 mon summer resident. 



No. 451, J. Lynn, Essex Co. S. Jillson, Sept., 1855. 

 No. 452, ?. " " " " " " 



Qidscalus major Vieill. — Boat-tailed Grackle. En- 



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