Birds of Oregon and Washington 6^ 



Female : As above. 



Partly permanent resident. 



THE BICOLORED BLACKBIRD. 



The Bicolored Blackbird is like the Red- 

 winged Blackbird, except that there is no inter- 

 mediate color between the black and the red, — 

 only the two colors indicated by the name. The 

 Bicolored is common in many parts of Oregon 

 and Washington, and many people do not dis- 

 tinguish it from the Red-winged proper, which 

 has a pale band between the red and the black 

 of its wings. Its habits are about the same as 

 those of the latter bird, and its beauty is as 

 striking as his. 



Summer resident. 



THE YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD. 



Description. — Head and breast, bright yellow in 

 male, but, in full plumage, the yellow sometimes wanting 

 or obscure on head ; wing-patch, white ; rest of body, 

 black. 



Female : Brown, with yellow throat. 

 Length: male, lo inches; female, smaller. 

 Found in marshes and their neighborhood. 



This species of the Blackbird is reported as 



