466 Reag.\n, Birds of the Rosebud Reservation, S. D. [oct 



67. Contopus richardsonii? Western Wood Pewee. — A rare sum- 

 mer resident. 



68. Pica pica hudsonia. American Magpie. — Tliis bird is a resident 

 throughout the year, but more numerous in winter. 



There were so many of these birds about the school in the spring that it 

 became necessary to kill some of them, because they were making them- 

 selves such a pest. I had killed only a few when all disappeared. I 

 thought that they had migrated from the region, but later I found them 

 nesting in Wliite River valley. They knew that they were being killed, 

 so left the immediate ^^cimty of the school. 



These birds alight on the backs of horses and cattle and peck holes 

 through the hide and eat the flesh out. Still worse, if a horse has a sore 

 back made by saddle or harness they will perch themselves on him and eat 

 the flesh out till he dies. If the poor creature tries to switch or rub off the 

 pesterer, the bird simply hops to the other side of the animal and begins 

 to peck there. Tlus is kept up till the tortured animal gives up in despair. 

 The bird then eats his fill. The work of these birds, however, is not always 

 a detriment. I have seen them pick grubs from cows' backs by the hour. 



69. Cyanocitta cristata. Blue Jay. — A common resident. 



70. Corvus brachyrhynchos. American Crow. — An abundant resi- 

 dent. 



71. Agelaius phoeniceus phoeniceus. Red-winged Blackbird. — These 

 birds are very abundant in migration, but in residence rare; I found only 

 one nest. 



72. Agelaius phoeniceus fortis. Northern Red-wing. — Common in 

 migration. 



73. Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. Yellow-headed Blackbird. — 

 This bird is an abundant resident as well as a migrant. 



74. Molothrus ater. Cowbird. — An abundant summer resident. 



75. Sturnella magna magna. Meadowlark. — An occasional resident. 



76. Sturnella magna neglecta. Western Meadowlark. — This bird 

 is an abundant resident. While it looks hke S. magna tnagna, it is very 

 different in action. Its song is tung-tung-tungah-tiV -lah-tung , its warning. 

 caU tuck, its warning whistle whah-o, its sympathetic call tyar. It flies by 

 a trembling flutter of the wings. 



77. Icterus spurius. Orchard Oriole. — Resident in summer. 



78. Icterus galbula. Baltimore Oriole. — A summer resident. 



79. Quiscalus quiscala seneus. Bronzed Grackle. — Abundant in. 

 summer. 



80. Passerculus sandwichensis alaudinus. Western Savanna Spar- 

 row. — Very common. 



81. Coturniculus savannarum passerinus. Grasshopper Sparrow. 



82. Spizella socialis. Chipping Sparrow. 



83. Spizella pusilla arenacea. Western Field Sparrow. — Common- 

 summer resident. 



84. Junco aikeni. White-winged Junco. — A rare winter visitor 



