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WOODLAND BIRDS. 



No. 44. 



Genus: Scolecopliagus. 



RUSTY CRACKLE. 



Species: S. carolinus. 



Distribution: 



A common migrant, breeding sparingly in northern and 

 sometimes wintering in southern New England. 



Date of Arrival: Latter part of March, passing north in late April. 



Date of Departure: October and November. 



General Plumage: 



Male, blackish gray with iridescence, rusty. Female averag- 

 ing smaller and showing more rusty or brown, eye yellow. 

 Bill and feet black. Length about 9.50. 



Song and Other Notes: 



A few musical notes and a '' chuck." 



Haunts: 



Scrubby damp country, though often met on higher ground. 



