AGELJ5US rnCENICEUS. 503 



of himself, spreading his tail widely, drooping 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 Stokcophafius cyanoccphaluSy 

 although occasionally small troops visited the corrals for the purpose of 

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

 was manifest at all times, however, even in summer, for they nested in 

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

 in close proximity to them. 



List of sjKcimeiis. 



30, nest and eggs (3); Sacramento, California, June 12, 18G7. Nest in tule-slough. 



140, (?«r/.; Camp 17, valley of the Humboldt, Nevada, August 30, 1807. 11— 

 I'^i— '"^i G— ^8— S— Itk— ^Tff— lit- BiH) tarsi, and toes, deep black ; iris, bazel. 



5'SS, i ad.; Carson City, Nevada, April 24, 1868. 10§ — 17 — 5ji — 4g. lleniarks 

 as above. 



905, iad.; Salt Lake City, Utah, May 21, 1809. 11— 18J^. Bill, tarsi, and toes, 

 deep black ; iris, brown. 



960, (? ad.; Salt Lake City, Utah, May 21, 1869. 11 J— 18^. Remarks as above. 



973-1004, thirty-two nests with eggs; Salt Lake City, Utah, May 21, 1869. Nests 

 among the tides, in a slough, near Warm S])ring Lake ; maximum number of eggs, four. 



1021, $ ad.; Salt Lake City, May 22, 1869. Ill— 18i. Bill, tarsi, and toes, black ; 

 iris, brown. 



1022, 9 ad.; Salt Lake City, May 22, 1809. 9— 14g. Bill, dusky horn color, 

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



Agel^us PHCENICEUS. 



Rcd-sliouldcrcd Blackbird. 



a. phamkeus — Itcd-and-hvff-shoiddercd Blackbird. 



{Se-zoo' -te-mo-lah! -gehk of the Washoes; Pah-cool' -up-at' -su-qm of the 

 Paiutes.) 



Oriolus phmniceus, LiNN., Syst. Nat., I, 1760, 161. 



AgelcEus phainiceus, Vieill., Analyse, 1810. — Baird, Birds N. Am., 1858, 526; 

 Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 401.— Cooper, Orn. Cal., 1, 1870, 261.— Coues, 

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

 Birds, II, 1874, 159, pi. xxxiii, tigs. 1, 2, 3.— Henshaw, 1875, 313. 



Agelwus jihoeniceus. a. phceniceus, CouES, Birds N.W., 1874, 180. 



