AVES. 137 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



ICTERIDAE. 



258. DOLICHONYX ORYZIVOEUS (Linne*) Swainson. 



Bobolink; Butter-bird; May-bird; Meadow- wink; Reed-bird; 

 Rice-bird; Skunk blackbird. 



Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 261; Auk, 

 1893, vol. 10, pi. 7. Egg, Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, pi. 6, figs. 1, 2. 



Fringilla oryzivora Linne", Syst. nat, ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 179. 

 "IN CUBA,. . . .FEMINAE SOLAE DESCENDUNT IN CAROLINAM." 



Grassy meadows; nests on the ground. 



ME. Common migrant and local summer resident. May 1 

 Sept. 15. Eggs, June 6-15. 



N. H. Common migrant and summer resident at lower eleva- 

 tions. May 1-Sept. 23. 



VT. Common migrant and summer resident. Eggs, June 1. 



MASS. Common migrant and summer resident. (April 27) 

 May 1-Sept. 29. Eggs, June 1-8. 



R. I. Common migrant and summer resident. May 10-Sept. 

 25. Eggs, May 30-June 3. 



CONN. Common migrant and summer resident. May 7-Sept. 

 5. Eggs, June 5. 



259. MOLOTHRUS ATER (Boddaert) Gray. 



Cowbird; Clodhopper; Cow blackbird; Cow bunting; Lazy- 

 bird; Shiney-eye. 



Oriolus ater Bodd., Tabl. d. planch, enlum. d'hist. nat., 1783, 

 p. 37. Description in Buffon: "AMERIQUE." 



Molothrus pecoris Gmel. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, 

 vol. 4, p. 16, pi. 212. Egg, Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, pi. 6, figs. 3-4. 



Open country; lays eggs in nests of other small birds. 



ME. Common migrant and summer resident. Mar. 19-Oct. 

 13 (Dec. 27) . Eggs, May 26- June 2. 



N. H. Uncommon summer resident in southern part; rare 

 winter resident. Mar. 25-Oct. 2 (winter). Eggs, June 1. 



