FAMILY ICTERID. — BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, MEADOW LARKS, ETC. 225) 
Upper plumage, dark brown or blackish; crown, brown; underparts, brownish 
gray, shading to brownish white, or buffy white on the throat (female). 
Boat-tailed Grackle. 
Qiuiscalus major. 
See No. 386. 
Throat, yellow; belly, black. 
Yellow=headed Blackbird. 
NXanthocephalus xanthocephalus. 
See No. 372. 
Throat, yellow ; belly, yellow. 
Meadow Lark. 
Sturnella magna, and races 
See No. 375. 
Group 6. Wing, over 6.50 inches long. 
Boat-tailed Grackle. 
General plumage, black. 
Boat=tailed Grackle. 
Quiscalus major. 
See No. 386. 
