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RED- WINGED BLA CKBIRD 



RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. 



Red-winged Blackbird; Marsh Blackbird: Agelaius 

 phccniceus. 



Length gj/^ inches; female smaller. 



Male, glossy black, except the shoulders, which are scar- 

 let edged with bufif. 



Female, quite different; conspicuously streaked all over 

 with brown, black and whitish; shoulder patches rusty-red, 

 sometimes pinkish; touches of yellowish- white on wings. 



Resident (common) all the year; abundant in migrations. 



Early in March these picturesque birds arrive in 

 flocks from the South, joining their hardier or more 



