ORDER PASSERES. 209 
[Bane C207) R272) C224, 
Geroc. Dist.— Tablelands of Mexico, from Puebla and Valley of 
Mexico north through the western United States to Manitoba and 
British Columbia east of the Cascades, and from the western portion 
of the Plains to the Pacific. 
Genus SCOLECOPHAGWUS Swainson. 
Scolecophagus Swains. F. B. A. II. 1831, 286. Type, Oriolus 
Serrugineus GMEL. = Turdus carolinus Miu. 
509. Scolecophagus carolinus (Mitt.). 
Rusty Blackbird. 
Lurdus carolinus MGLLER, Syst. Nat. Suppl. 1776, 140. 
Scolecophagus carolinus Ripew. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 188 5? 
a5 0. 
[B 417, C 221, R 273, C 331.| 
Groc. Dist.— Eastern North America, west to Alaska and the 
Plains. Breeds from northern New England, northern New York, 
and northern Michigan northward. Accidental in Lower California. 
510. Scolecophagus cyanocephalus (WaGL.). 
Brewer’s Blackbird. 
fsarocolius cyanocephalus Wactu. Isis, 1829, 7 58. 
Scolecophagus cyanocephalus Cas. Mus. Hein. I. 18 Bibra. 
[B 428, C 222, R274, C 332.] 
Geroc. Dist.— Western’ North America, from the Plains to the 
Pacific, and from the Saskatchewan region south on the highlands of 
Mexico to Oaxaca. 
Genus QUISCALUS Vierrtrort. 
SUBGENUS QUISCALUS. 
Quiscalus ViEILu. Anal. 1816, 36. Type, Graciula guiscula Linn. 
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