226 GoLSAN AND HoLT, Birds of Alabama. [April 



record: Barachias, April 22, 1906; five slightly incubated eggs in nest of 

 twigs, cotton and mud, placed 9 ft. up in pear tree in orchard. (E. G. H.) 

 Near Autaugaville, April 26, 1910; nest of rather large twigs and mud, 

 lined with grass and rootlets; 30 ft. up in large post oak in farm yard; 

 four fresh eggs. (L. S. G.) 



90. Corvusbrachyrhynchospaulus. Howell. Southern Crow. i — 

 Tolerably common permanent resident. Numbers greatly reduced during 

 last 20 years and experience has taught them to be very wary. Breeding 

 record: Bear Swamp, March 23, 1910; nest of large sticks, lined with bark, 

 pine needles, smaller sticks, grass and mud; 52 ft. up in crotch of pine; 

 four fresh eggs. (L. S. G.) 



91. Dolichonyx oryzivorus. Bobolink. 'Rice Bird.' 'Oat 

 Bird.' — • Observed in Autauga Co., only between dates of about April 20 

 and June 10. Quite abundant in May in oat fields near Bear Swamp 

 where sometimes hundreds congregate, doing considerable damage to the 

 oats which are at that season in the milk. Occurs quite numerously also 

 in Montgomery Co. 



92. Molothrus ater ater. Cowbird. — Seen occasionally during 

 July and August near Bear Swamp feeding most unconcernedly among 

 cows in the pastures. In winter both sexes join the flocks of Red-winged 

 Blackbirds which rove over the country. 



93. Agelaius phCBniceus predatorius.^ Red-winged Blackbird. 

 — Permanent resident, common in favorable localities. More abundant 

 in winter, occurring frequently in flocks of hundreds, occasionally thousands 

 (in Montgomery Co.). Apparently being replaced during winter in 

 Autauga Co., by the Rusty Blackbird, as the latter is becoming more 

 abundant and the Red-wing less so. Mixed flocks of males and females 

 and Cowbirds frequently seen and also often observed associated with 

 grackles. Nesting data: Autaugaville, May 11, 1912; nest of grass and a 

 little trash, 20 in. above water 8 in. deep, in bunch of marsh grass, near a 

 lumber yard; three moderately incubated eggs. (L. S. G.) Subspecies 

 phoeniceus also, may possibly breed here. A female (W. C. Avery No. 70) 

 in the State University Museum was taken at Greensboro (much to the 

 north of us) on June 2. 



94. Sturnella magna magna. Meadowlark. — Occurs as a winter 

 resident. 



95. Sturnella magna argutula. Southern Meadowlark. ' Field 

 Lark.' — Common permanent resident in Autauga County, much 

 more abundant in Montgomery County, where the great open hay fields 

 are fairly alive with them. Sings through the winter. Breeding 

 records: Barachias, June 2, 1907; five incubated eggs in arched nest of 



>cf. Auk, 1914, p. 115. 



'cf Mearns, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1911, p. 227. A. p. phoeniceus said to = 

 floridanus of the A. O. U. Check-List and phoeniceus of the Check-List becomes 

 predatorius. 



