200 STARLINGS. 



2. WESTERN MEADOW LARK, S. neglecta. Differs 

 from 1 in being much paler, the light areas on tail and wings 

 touching shafts of the feathers. Western U. S. east to 111. 

 Sings often both while sitting and when flying. 



b. Red-winged Starling's. Agelaius. 



Bill, slightly flattened, wings and tail rather long; black 

 with red patch on wing. Nests in marshes and swamps. 



1. RED- WINGED BLACKBIRD, A. phoeniceus. 9.00; 

 scarlet of wing bordered with pale buff, plate 17, A. Female, 

 smaller, streaked with brown and buff. Young male, like fe- 

 male, gradually assuming the male dress. N. A. from Great 

 Slave Lake to Fla. ; winters from the Carolinas southward ; 

 goes south in Oct., comes north in March. Frequents open, 

 marshy sections ; gregarious. Nests, placed in bushes or in 

 tussocks ; eggs, bluish, lined with black. Notes, a sharp 

 chuck, a squealing cry, a chatter, given by both sexes, and 

 the '■'■ Oker-reee'''' song of the male. Males and females do not 

 associate, excepting to breed. 



1*. FLORIDA REDWING, A. p. flokidanus. Differs 

 from 1 in being smaller with a longer, more pointed bill ; 

 black darker and plumage softer; buff margin of red on wing 

 deeper; female, rather more pinkish on throat, plate 17, B. 

 Florida and Gulf Coast to Texas. Song, shorter than 1, like 

 ''Creee'\ 



2. BAHAMA REDWING, A. bbyanti. Differs from 1* 

 in being even darker with longer bill, plate 17, C. Female, 

 much paler. Many of the Bahama Islands ; casual in south- 

 ern Fla. on the keys (Ridgway). Song more husky than 1*. 



c. Troupials. Icterus. 



Rather large orioles with very pointed bills and striking 

 colors. 



1. TROUPIAL, I. ICTEKUS. 9.50; black ; patch on wing, 

 broad collar on hind neck, upper back, and beneath behind 

 chest, orange; patch andstripings on wing, white. Northern 



