Plate XXXVIII. 



BOBOLINK. 



Length, 7-25 inches. Male, in summer, nape buff ; slioulders and rump 

 whitish ; crown and under parts black. Female, yoinir/, and male in win- 

 ter, sparrowlike ; upper parts black, brownish, and buffy ; under parts yel- 

 lowish white. 



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