FAMILY iCTERIDA. — PBLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, MEADOW LARKS, ETC. 221 
General plumage, gray; palest on the throat. 
Cow Bird. 
Molothrus ater (female). 
See No. 371. 
Throat, yellow ; belly, black; adult males have the entire head yellow ; females 
and immature birds have the crown often blackish. 
Yellow-headed Blackbird. 
Xanthocephalus «anthocephalus ( female). 
See No. 372. 
Throat and belly, yellow; breast, with more or less black. 
Meadow Lark. 
Sturnella magna. 
See No. 375. 
General plumage, dark slate or brownish slate color; underparts, inclining to 
plumbeous. 
Rusty Blackbird. 
Scolecophagus carolinus (female) | adult tn summer) 
See No. 381. 
