THE RED WING, OR SWAMP BLACKBIRD. S3 



wheat, or canary seed may be given to them, 

 commencing with the first of September, At 

 all other times, the same food indiscriminately 

 as the Finch tribe. They shonld be abun- 

 dantly supplied with water for bathing, an 

 amusement of which they are particularly 

 fond. 



THE RED WING, OR SWAMP BLACKBIRD. 



{Icterus Phoeniceus.) 



A fellow-wanderer with the preceding, and 

 quite as noisy a songster ; readily tamed, and 

 may be taught to repeat words like a parrot, 

 with careful instruction. Precisely the same 

 treatment as the foregoing, with the excep- 

 tion of a little green corn in season. They 

 become very amusing and docile in confine- 

 ment. 



