100 Mr. Nuttall’s Remarks and Inquiries 
the subject has been suffered to rest without any supposition of 
error in the designation of the species. I have, however, ob- 
tained a true female specimen of the Red-winged Blackbird, 
which only lacks about an inch of the length of the male. The 
assumed female of Wilson is the consort of a new and second 
species, which I propose to call Icterus *maculatus. In this, both 
male and female are constantly spotted with black and white ; the 
male has also the scarlet shoulder of the common kind, but its 
feathers, like all the rest, have dark centers. A less perfect male 
than the one I have examined is also given by Audubon, pl. 
fig. as an old female of the ZL pheniceus. The length of the 
male is 84 inches, and that of the female 8. The habits of this 
species, as I consider it, are undetermined, as well as the nest 
and eggs. It is less common than the preceding in this part of 
America, and, from its being familiar to Du Pratz, I conceive it 
to be rather a southern species. Further information concerning 
this smaller kind, which may settle its claim to be regarded as 
distinct, is therefore very desirable. 
Turdus polyglottos, (The Mocking Bird.) Has this celebrat- 
ed songster ever been met with, except perhaps as a straggler, in 
Massachusetts, or been known to breed to the north of Rhode 
Island ? 
Lozia ludoviciana, (Rose-breasted, or Bloody-breasted Gros- 
beak.) Is this beautiful songster seen in any of the New England 
States? Any particulars respecting this interesting bird, yet so 
little known, will be received as a favor by the naturalist. It 
appears to be wholly a north-western species. 
Loxia enucleator, (Pine Grosbeak.) Of this rare visitor 
from the north we are also very ignorant; almost every thing 
asserted respecting it is either vague, unimportant, or doubtful. 
