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16. Crown olive-gray without blackish spots, or sides of head dull 
orange with astripe over the eye of the same color; upper 
parts palerand grayer . Bullock Oriole,female and immature male. 
16. Crown streaked or spotted with black, sometimes wholly 
black, or sides of head dusky and no stripe over eye; upper 
parts darker, more olivaceous. a 
.Baltimore Oriole, fale pad Gimavane male: 
*Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus)—BoBOLINK. 
Present and breeding in suitable localities over the state, locally 
abundant, especially in the sand-hill lake region. Arrives first week 
in May, breeds from late May to middle June, departs in middle Sep- 
tember. Cherry and Holt counties, North Platte—abundant breed- 
er. Omaha, Lincoln, Beatrice, Gresham, Scribner, Norfolk, York, 
Neligh—occasional breeder. 
*Molothrus ater (Boddert)—CowBirp. 
Entire state, abundant; arriving about the third week in March 
or a little earlier, breeding (parasitically) throughout the season, 
remaining commonly until late October or early November. 
*Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (Bonaparte) —YELLOW-HEADED 
BLACKBIRD. 
Whole of the state, abundant migrant and (locally) summer resi- 
dent and breeder, especially in the lakes of the sand-hill region, 
Omaha, Lincoln, Peru, West Point, Neligh, York, and west to Dundy 
county—oceasional to common breeder. Arrives second week in 
April, breeds in May, departs in late October. 
*Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus)—-RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. 
A common to abundant summer resident and breeder over entire 
state in the vicinity of marshy ground. Arrives first or second week 
in March, breeds from middle May to middle July, departs in early 
November, a few remaining all winter. 
498d. Agelaius phoeniceus fortis Ridgway—NokrTHERN REDWING. 
Common migrant. The type of this new form was taken at Omaha, 
March 9, from migrating individuals, the breeding range being the 
far northern ‘‘interior districts of British America.” In migrations 
it extends over the whole region from the Rockies to the Mississippi. 
O1. Sturnella magna (Linnaeus)—ME&ADOWLARK. 
Although nearly all our meadowlarks belong to the following species, 
there is yet an occasional occurrence of typical magna or specimens 
nearer magna than neglecta in extreme eastern Nebraska. Such 
specimens have been noted several times at Omaha, and on March 18, 
1903, a bird evidently magna by both appearance and song was ecare- 
fully observed by both Wolcott and Swenk near the lake west of Lin- 
coln. It is, however, rare, and its breeding doubtful. 
