BLACKBIKDS. 365 



and Central America; south in Sept.; north 

 in May. Nests made of grass woven when 

 green, then bleached. Song softer and rather 

 more musical than in Baltimore. 



408. YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD. 

 Larger, 10.50; black; head, yellow; 

 white patch on wing. Female, duller, no 



Fig. 294 



Brewer Blackbird. 



white on wing. Young male like female, 

 but has white on wing, fig. 291. Western 

 U. S. east to 111.; casual in Mass., Pa., Md. ? 

 W. Va., District of Columbia, S. C. and 

 Fla. Song a wheezy squeak. Largely res- 

 ident. 



