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RSD-WINOKD BLACKBIRD. Upper, male; lower, female (After Audubou). 



498a. SONORAN RED-WING. \ncliiiiix i^itrnimiN tnuirh-Hxin Ridgw. Geog. 

 Dlst. Northern Mexico and contiguous borders of the United States, from the Lower 

 Rio Grande Valley and Southern Arizona north to the Lower Colorado Valley, Cali- 

 fornia and Chilliwack, British Columbia. 



This is a larger race than the Northern Red-wing, with a smaller bill, and in the 

 male the upper parts are lighter colored; the female is also paler in color. Thr nest- 

 ing habits, eggs, etc., are Identical with those of Ayclain* ;>/'" ><> u. 



