The Auk, Vol. XXVI. 



Plate VI. 



Yellow-headed Blackbird Studies. 



Upper figure, general view of the quill-reed 'clump' in early June. Male 

 Yellow heads standing guard on the tops of the old dead reeds. 



Lower figuie, showing the Wild Rice six or eight inches high, and the old 

 broken down stubble. Quill reeds (Phragmiles) on the right. 



