216 N. C. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



178. COWBIRD. Molathrtis ater . (Bodd.) 



Common spring transient in the mountains ; common winter 

 visitor in the middle and western sections. 



179. Red-winged Blackbird Agelains phcvniceus. (Linn.) 

 Common resident in the eastearn and middle sections ; summer 



visitor in the mountains. Breeds ; eggs are in my collection from 

 the centrcl and eastern sections of the State. 



180. Meadow Lark. StumcUa magna. (Linn.) 

 'Common winter visitor in the middle and western sections, may 



be a rare summer resident in the mountains, said to breed near 

 Asheville. Resident in the east, though not so common in sum- 

 mer ; breeding. 



180. Orchard Oriole. Icterus spur ins. (Linn.) 



Summer visitor ; common in the western and middle sections, 

 rather rare in the east. Breeds in all sections. 



182. Baltimore Oriole. Icterus galbula. (Linn.) 



Rare transient in the middle section ; common summer visitor 

 in the mountains, probably breeding. Have never observed it in 

 the east. 



183. Rusty Blackbird. Scolccophagus carolimis. (Mull.) 

 Tolerably common transient visitor in all sections. 



184. PuPRLE GracklE. ^dscaliis qtciscula. (Linn.) 

 Transient visitor in the eastern and middle sections ; rather rare 



summer visitor in the mountains. Has been observed breeding in 

 Asheville, and reported breeding in Newbern. 



185. Bronzed Grackle. J^u'scahis quiscula ceneus. (Ridgw.) 

 Five specimens were taken in Buncombe county on August 11, 



1890, by Cairns; two specimens were taken at Raleigh by Brim- 

 ley, November 14, 1893. 



186. Boat-tailed Grackle. .^uiscalus major. (Vill.) 

 Abundant resident in the east, confined mainly to the coast. 



iVbundant breeder. I took a set of five eggs from an ivey-covered 

 tree in Plymouth, in April, 1890 ; several pairs were nesting in the 

 same tree at that time. 



Family FRINGILLID/E. Finches. Sparrows. Etc. 



187. Purple Finch. Cariyodacus pnrpureus. (Gmel.) 

 Common winter visitor in the eastern and middle sections ; com- 

 mon spring transient in the mountains. Brewster thinks it breeds 

 near Old Fort. 



188. American Crossbill. Loxia cnrvirostra mi>ior. (Brehm. ) 

 Rare transient in the middle section ; resident in the west, a few 



breed on Black Mountain. 



