BUSTY BLACKBIRD. 



510. Scolecophagus carolinus. 9% inches. 

 Male glossy black ; female grayish ; both sexes ill 

 winter with most of the head and breast feathers tipped 

 with rusty. In the United States we know these birds 

 chiefly as emigrants; but a few of them remain to breed 

 in the Northern parts. Their songs are rather squeaky 

 efforts, but still not unmusical. These birds are found 

 east of the Rockies. 



BREWER BLACKBIRD. 



510. Scolecophagus cyaneocephalus. 10 inches. 

 Male with a glossy purplish head and greenish-black 

 body ; female grayish broAvn. This is the Western rep- 

 resentative of the preceding; it is most abundant west 

 of the Rockies, but is also found on the Plains. Its dis- 

 tribution is not so northerly and it nests commonly in 

 its United States range. Their eggs are whitish, very 

 profusely spotted and blotched with various shades of 

 brown (l.x.75). 





