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114. MOLOTHRUS ATER ATER (Boddaert). 
COWBIRD. 
In a letter to the Editor of the “American Field,” in 
1884, Dr. Avery wrote: 
“This is the first of the Icteridae to appear here, com- 
ing early in the Fall.” (1884). 
In 1891 the following appeared: 
“Abundant. Resident from the middle of July till 
April. This bird not having the care of rearing its 
young as others, does not seem to tarry long in its north- 
ern home.” (1891a). 
No. 922. Male-hornot. Greensboro. Sept. 14, 1891. W. C. 
Avery. 
No. 949. Male. Greensboro. Nov. 1, 1891. W. C. Avery. 
115. AGELAIUS PHQNICEUS PHG@NICEUS (Linnezus). 
FLORIDA RED-WING. 
The specimen listed below has been referred to the typ- 
ical subspecies by Mr. Oberholser. 
No. 339. Male. Greensboro. Jan. 3, 1890. W. C. Avery. 
116. AGELAIUS PH@NICEUS PREDATORIUS (Wilson). 
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD.* 
“May 28, 1889. Saw several pairs of red-wings, A. 
phoeniceus (Linn.). Found two nests in the marsh north 
of the Millwood road, on the Bolling Branch. One nest 
was empty, the other contained a single bird. I could 
not determine whether the empty nest had been just com- 
pleted or whether the eggs had been hatched and the 
young birds had left the nest. One of these nests was 
three feet from the ground, the other over six. They 
were bulky structures for so small a bird; both built in 
button-bushes (Cephalanthus occidentalis) . 
“Visited these nests again on the 31st, and found three 
nests more in the same marsh. These last were on reeds 
and in coarse grass, a foot or two from the ground; one 
of them contained two eggs and a yaung bird just 
hatched, the others contained nothing. One of the nests 
found on the 28th, then empty, contained two eggs on 
the 3l1st.”’ (Original notes). 
*Mearns, Proc. Biol. Soe. Wash., Vol. XXIV, pp. 226-227, 1911. 
