200 NORTH AMKIIICAN BfRDS. 



Mr. Dall states tliat tlioso Blackbinls arrive at Nulato about ^lav 20, where 

 tliev ari' tolerably abuiulant and very tame. Tliev breed later than some 

 other l>irds, and had not beuun to lay before he left, the last of May. i\^ij:s 

 were jtrocured at Fort Yukon by Mr. Loekhart, and at Sitka by Mr. liischolf. 



IJesiiles these loralities, this l)ird was found breeding' in the J»arren Cirounds 

 of Anderson Kiver in (>l)° north latitude, on the Aretic eoast at Fort Ivenai, 

 by ]\Ir. liischolf, and at F'ort Simitson, F'ort Uae, and Peel River. It has 

 Ih'i'U found breeding at Calais by Mr. Boardnian, and at Halifax by ]Mr. 

 W. G. Winton. 



Flggs .sent from Fort Yukon, near the mouth of the Porcupine Kiver, by 

 Mr. S. Jones, are of a rounded-oval shape, measuring Ln:! inches in leng I 

 by. 7."» in breadth. In size, shai)e, ground-color, and color of their markings, 

 thev are hardlv distinguishalde from some ei^'ijs of lirewer s Blackbird, though 

 «;enerallv ditlerent. All I have seen IVom Fort Y'ukon have a i,n-ound-color 

 of very light green, very thickly covered with blotches and tiner dottings of 

 a mixture of ferruginous and ])urplish-brown. In some the blotches are 

 larger and fewer than in others, and in all these the purple shading i)redom- 

 inates. One egg, incjre nearly spherical than the rest, measures .1)8 by .82. 

 Xone have any waving lines, as in all other l>lackl)ird's eggs. Two from 

 near Calais, ^le., measure 1.02 by .To of an inch, have a ground of light 

 green, only sjiaringly lUotched with shades of purplish-brown, varying from 

 iujht to very dark hues, but with no traces of lines or marbling. 



According to Mr. I>oardman, these birds are fountl during the summer 

 months about Calais, l)Ut they are not common. Only a few remain of 

 those that come in large flocks in the early spring. They pass along about 

 the last of April, the greater pro])ortions only tarrying a short time ; but in 

 the fall they stay from live to eight weeks. They nest in the same places 

 with the Kedwing Blackbirds, and their nests are very nuich alike. In early 

 summer they have a very i>retty note, which is never heard in the fall. 



Scolecophagus cyanocephalus, Cab. 



BREWEB'S BLAoKBIBD. 



Psarocoliua ajanoccplial ua, Waolei:, Lsis, 1829, 758. So^lcrophngus cyanoccjtknlus, Cab.wts, 

 Mils. Hein. 1851, llt3. — IJaikd, Birds N. Am. 1858, 552. — Cass. P. A. N. S. 180(5, 

 4i:J. — Hr.KKM. X, S, 53. — Cdopkh & Sccklky, 20l>. — Cooper, Oni. C'al. I, 1N70, 

 '27S. S<tiI,:vopha<fns mcxicanus, Swafnsox, Anim. in Men. 2| cent. 1838, 302. — l»oN. 

 Conspectus, 1850, 423. — Xewhkiimy, Zool. Cul. and Or. Route ; Rep. P. \\. R. Surv. 

 VI, IV, 1857, 86. Qulscalus brcweri, Ai'D. Birds Am. VII, 1843, 345, pi. ccccxcii. 



Sp. Char. Bill stout, quisealino. the commissure scarcely sinnatod ; shorter tlian the 

 head and tlie hind toe; the hi'iirht nearly half lentrtli of eulmen. Winir nearly an inch 

 lonjrer tlian the tail ; the second (piill hniirest; the first about equal to the third. Tail 

 rounded and moderately irrathiatt'tl ; the lateral feathers about .35 of an inch shorter. 

 General color of male black, with lustrous green relleetions everywhere except on the 



