AGELiEUS rnOENICEUS. 503 



of himself, spreading his tail widely, droopiuy his wings, and swelling out 

 his body at each effort. 



The species was partially migratory in the Interior, only a few ex- 

 amples being seen during the winter at Carson City, these being mostly 

 solitary individuals mixed in with flocks of Seolecophwfus ajanoccphalus, 

 although occasionally small troops visited the coirals for the |)Ui-])ose c»f 

 gleaning the half-digested grain from the manure. Their gregarious nature 

 was manifest at all times, however, even in summer, for they nesti'd in 

 large communities, apart from the other marsh-birds, although always found 

 in close proximity to them. 



Lint of spccimois. 



39, nest and eggs (3); Sacramento, California, June 12, 1807. Nest in tiile slougli. 



140, ^arf.; Camp 17, valley of the Humboldt, Nevada, August 30, 18G7. 11 — 

 17^_5-i 3_47_i_i^3__4^3__ij| Biii^ tarsi, and toe.s, deep black ; iris, hazel. 



523, S ad.; Carson City, JS'evada, April 21, 18G8. lO^— 17— ."jji — 4g. Keniarks 

 as above. 



90.1, Sad; Salt Lake City, Utah, May 21, 18G9. 11— 18^. Bill, tar.si, and toes, 

 deep black ; iris, brown. 



900, <?ad.; Salt Lake City, Utah, May 21, 18C9. llj— 18J. Kemarks as above. 



973-1004, thirty-two nests with eggs; Salt Lake City, Utah, May 21, 1SG9. Nests 

 among the tulrs. in a slough, near Warm Spring Lake ; niaximuin number of eggs, four. 



1021, <? ad.; Salt Lake City, May 22, 1869. IIJ— ISf Bill, tarsi, and toes, black ; 

 iris, brown. 



1022, 9 ad.; Salt Lake City, May 22, 1869. 9— Ug. Bill, dusky born color, 

 darker above ; iris, brown ; tarsi and toes, black. 



Ageljeus PHCENICEUS. 



Kod-!>lioul<Ioi-«>d BInckbird. 



a. plnvniceus — Bcd-and-huff-shouldcred Blackbird. 



{Se-20o' -te-mo-lah' -gelik of the Washoes; Pah-cool' -iq)-at' -su-quc of the 



Paiutes.) 



OrioluK phwmccus, LiNN., Syst. Nat., I, 1766, 161. 



Ayclwug phanicem, ViKiLL., Analyse, 181G.— Baird, Birds N. Am., 1858, 526; 

 Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No.401.— CoorKK,Orn.CaI.,1, 1870, 261.— Coitks, 

 Key, 1872, 156, pi. 4; Check List, 1873, No. 212.— B. B. & H., Hist. N. Am. 

 Biid.s, II, 1874, 159, pi. xxxill, tigs. 1, 2,3.— IlENSUAW, 187.5,313. 



Agelceiis pliceniccus. a. phoeniccus, CoUES, Birds N.VV., 1874, 186. 



