KTKUID.H — Tin: OUIOLES. OO.T 



Synopsis of Species. 



S. fernigineuB. liill sU'inlrr; lu-i^'ht at I'as.- iiot.Mln- total l»«n;rtli. C'olur of male 

 black, with liiiui pmitk' rfllcctioi. over whole l>o.ly ; wiiijrs tail, and alxlMintMi jrlosseil 

 tilij^'liilv with j,'iven. Aiituiniial sju'eimeiis with teathns liinailly tMlgi'd with ••astaiieous 

 rustv. lutnttle hn)Wiii>h tlii>ky slatf. without ^loss ; no trace ol liirht siipciciliaiv stiipc 



S. cyauocephalus. Uill stout; lui^'ht at l»asc nearly .•") the total lenj^th. Color hla. k. 

 with <.'r»('n nlicctions over whole lunly. Hfjul (»nly jtIossimI with purple. Autuuiii;i! 

 specimens, leathers edired verv iiulistiuctlv with muher-lirown. Frmdlc duskv-hrown. 

 with a soft gloss; a decided liirht superciliary stripe. 



('iil)ii pn.sses-ses ii s|)eLiL'8 ivioiivtl lu this ljciius (*S'. cdioviolnccufi), th()U;:;li 

 it is not strictly conj^eneric with the two Noitli Ainericiiii ones. It ditlers 

 in lacking any distinct membrane above the nostril, and in having the bill 

 not compressed laterally, as Mell as in being much stouter. The i»lumage 

 lias a soft silky lustre; the general etdor black, with rich pur^ile or violet 

 lustre. The lemale similarly cohjred to the male. 



Scolecophagus ferrugineus, Sw.mnsox. 



RT7STT BLACKBIBD. 



Orioliis ferrugineus, Omf.i.is, Syst. Xat. I, 3J>3, No. i-i. — Lath. Ind. I, 1790, 170. 

 (rraeula fcrruffiufct, Wilson, Aim. Orn. Ill, ISII, 41, pi. \xi, f. -i. Quiscaliis frrru- 

 >fincus, Hon. Ohs. Wils. I,s24, No. 40. — NniALi., Man. I, Is.J-J, 1!»!>. - Ai d. Orn. 

 15io<,'. II, 1834, 315 ; V, 1S3S>, 4s:J, ])\. cxlvii. — lit. Synopsis, 1>:51», 140. — ' ii. I'.irds 

 Am. IV, 1842, 65, pi. ccxxii. — Max. ('uban. .1. VI, lS.'»,s, -^04. Sn>h:<-oph'i(jus ferru- 

 gineus, SwAiNsoN, F. Dor. -Am. II, 1831, -280. — IJoN. List, 1838. — Baikd, IJirds N. 

 Am. 18r,S, .-..-»!.— Cor Ks, V. A. N. S. 1801, 2i>5. —Cass. P. A. N. S. 1800, 412. — 

 Dam- & Bannistki:, Tr. ("h. Ac. I, 1S()1>, 285 (.\laska). U Oriolus niger, (Jmki.ix, \, 

 1788, 393, Nos. 4, 5 (perlmits <;>//t.sr«//«.s). — Samiki.s, 35(\ — Ai.i.KN, Ii. K. Fla. 291. 

 Seokcnphagus niger, Bonap. Consp. 185(», 423. — Cadanis, Mus. Hrin. 1851, 195. 

 n Orinlus fusrm, fJMr.i.iN, Syst. I, 1788,393, No. 44 (jterliaps Mulvthrus). Turihis 

 huifsonius, (J.MF.LIN, Syst. Nat. I, 178S, 818. — LvrH. Ind. Tnrdua noveboracensis, 

 G.mi:mn, I, 1788, 818. TunJun htbnulorins, C.mklin, Syst. Nit. I, 1788, 832.— 

 LArii. Ind. I, 1790, 342 {hd>rttdoru.s\. ^^ PenduIiauH ater, Vif.ii.i.ot, Nouv. Diet." 

 Clmleophunes vireseens, W^a<:i,i:i:, Syst. Av. (Appendix, ( Jriul us ii). / ]'ii,-''us No. 22 

 from Severn Ilivor, Forster, Phil. Trans. L.XII, 1772, 4(»0. 



Sp. Char. ]>ill slender; shorter than tho head; about equal [o the hind toe; its heijj:ht 

 not quite two fd'th.s the total lentrth. Win;:- nearly an ineh louirer than the tail ; second 

 (piili lontrest : hrst a little shorter than the fourth. Tail slightly jrraduated ; the lateral 

 feathers about a quarter of an in(rli shortest. General color black, with purine reflec- 

 tions; the winir.s, nmler tail-covert.s, and hinder ]>art of tho belly, glos.sed with <jreen. 

 In autumn the I'eathers larirely edcred with ferrutrinous or brownish, so as to chanire the 

 appearance entirely. Sprinjjf lemale dull, oparpie phnnbeous or aslu'-black ; the wintrs and 

 tail sometimes with a green lustre. Younjjf like autunmal birds. Leui^th of male, 9.50; 

 winjr, 4.7') ; tail, 4.00. Female smaller. 



Hab. From Atlantic coast to tlic Missouri, North to Arctic regions. In Alaska on 

 the Yukon, at Fort Kenai, aid Xulato. 



Habits. The Kusty Blackbird is an eastern species, found from the At- 



