66 HOW TO NAME THE BIRDS 



BLACK LIST. 



^ Nos. 156-161 : Showing black, but no yellozv NOR RED. 



156. BRONZED CROW BLACKBIRD: BRONZED 

 CRACKLE. 



Iridescent black. 



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12-13. Threefold iridescence in rather distinct areas ; 



head, neck, and breast, steel-blue ; wings and tail, violet 



and purple, otherwise shining brassy. 



Breeds on northern edge, and commonly in western part of Pa. ; 

 nest and habits, as in purple grackle. 



157. RUSTY GRACKLE. 



Rusty black. 



9. Summer dress, iridescent black, which, in migration, 

 is overspread with '' rusty ; " bill, black ; eye, pale white, or 

 yellowish ; $ , above, rusty-brown ; below, same, mixed with 

 grayish-black ; pale superciliary line. 



Breeds on northern edge ; winters rarely in S. N. J. and locally in 

 S. Conn. ; nest, large, of grass and mud, lined ; eggs, 4, greenish, 

 variable, brown-spotted. 



15§. WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. 



Dark ash, brown-streaked Light ash. 



7. Forehead, black ; broad white median and supercil- 

 iary lines meeting on hind-head, median line bordered by 

 black; black eye- stripe ; rump, brownish ; 2 white wing- 

 bars ; chin and abdomen, whitish ; flanks and under tail- 

 coverts, brownish ; no yellow. 



Breeds on northern edge ; nest, on ground or in bush ; eggs, 4-5, 

 very variable in color ; observe difference from " white-throated spar- 

 row ; " found exceptionally in winter. 



