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breast, black ; otherwise chestnut ; perfect plumage in 3 

 years ; ? , above, olive-yellow, wings darker, whitish- 

 barred ; below, yellowish ; smaller than S . 



Breeds throughout, but rare in Mass. and northward ; nest, less 

 deep and pensile than that of Baltimore oriole ; eggs, middle of June, 

 4-5, white, spotted. 



62a. CLIFF SWALLOW. 



Steel-blue, blackish Chestnut. 



5-5>^. See 112. 



63. REDSTART. 



Glossy black, flame-spotted. 



5X- Black throughout, except sides of breast, patches 



on wings, and basal half of tail, which are flame-colored ; 



abdomen, white ; ? , greenish above, whitish below, pale 



yellow in place of flame-color of $ . 



Nest, compact and well-made, in fork of low tree or bush ; eggs, 

 June ist, 4-5, white, strongly spotted ; has peculiar dash and vigor, 

 with a characteristic sharp note. 



64. BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER. 



Black, white-marked Orange. 



4^. See 97. 



* * Nos. 65-70 : IVilA no red on breast. 



65. RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. 



Black. 



9. Shoulders, scarlet, bordered by brownish-yellow to 



whitish J otherwise iridescent black ; ? , smaller ; above, 



dark ; below, whitish, thickly streaked. 



Nest, in swamps, on ground or low bush ; eggs, middle of May, 4-5, 

 pale blue, somewhat marked at larger end ; in large flocks in spring 

 and fall ; winters in S. N. J. 



