128 ANNOTATED LIST OF 



131. Agelaius phceniceus (LINN.). 



Red-winged Blackbird. 



An abundant summer resident. Breeds. 



132. Sturnella magna (LINN.). 501. 



Itleadowlark. 



A common summer resident. Breeds. Some remain till very 

 late in the fall, often till quite winter weather. 



133. Icterus galbula (LINN.). 507. 



Baltimore Oriole. 



An abundant summer resident. Breeds. 



134. Scolecophagus carolinus (MULL.). 509. 



Rusty Blackbird. 



Several taken in the County. Breeds. Two nests taken May 

 7th and 20th, 1886, four miles north of Wilmurt P. O., Herkimer 

 County, N". Y. They were placed five feet from the ground, in 

 spruce saplings, in open marsh, beside a pond, in the heavy timber; 

 composed of hemlock twigs and grass, and lined with fine grasses, 

 (some of which were green.) Eggs were four, pale green, faintly 

 marked, as compared with others of the same family, with 

 different shades of purplish brown, but not streaked. They 

 measured 1.03 x .72, 1.03 x. 74, 1.05 x .72, 1.06 x. 74. 



135. Quiscalus quiscula aeneus (Rioow.). 511&. 



Bronzed G ruckle. 



An abundant summer resident. -Breeds. 



