SUMMER GROUP BLACK LIST 33 



47. KrNG-BIRD: BEE-MARTIN. 



Blackish-gray White. 



8. Crown, black, with erectile feathers, tipped with orange 

 (seldom seen at field-range) ; wings, slightly brown ; tail, 

 black, broadly white-tipped ; breast, cloudy. 



Nest, rather large and compact ; eggs, about June ist, 4-6, white, 

 creamy, or rosy, variously marked ; on telegraph-wires and similar 

 conspicuous places. 



47a. PHGEBE. 



Dull olive-brown Whitish. 



7. Blackish crown ; see 22. 



48. WHITE-BREASTED SWALLOW. 



Lustrous dark green, blackish White. 



6. Wings and tail, blackish ; otherwise, above, lustrous 



green. 



Nest, in martin-box, or similar cavity, rarely in tree-hole ; eggs, 4- 

 5, pure white. 



49. BOBOLINK: RICE-BIRD. 



Black and white Black. 



TYz' Hind neck, buff; shoulders, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts, white ; middle of back, streaked ; otherwise, black ; 

 ? , above, yellowish-brown, dark-streaked, wings and tail 

 dark ; median and superciliary lines and under parts, 

 brownish-yellow. 



Breeds throughout, less common in Pa., only migrant in S. N. J, ; 

 nest, on ground, in field or meadow ; eggs, latter part of May, 4-5, 

 white, variously tinged and spotted ; eccentric, beautiful in plumage 

 and song. 



t t Nos. 50-55 : Entire under side neither white nor black. 



