'lNt in:-. >i-.\i:i:i\v>. BIO, 



pntlii/.r. pilMiU' the man whoM- heart does not Imp with 



at the -i-iii <>f rival males (lushing tlirni;h the woods like winged 



meld in their wake a train of .sparkling note*. 



The BLACK in: M>I :> <>I:HBAK ('>'-*> llabin mrlamocrphala), a western 

 peciu*, has boeu nvrd.-d I'P-IU Miohigan. 



597. Guiraca caerulea (/.inn.). HI.I-E GROSBKAK. Ad. t . Deep 



Hue; 1'irv-. mill t-liin l-hn-k ; Imok )>lacki>di ; wingH and tail black, ulightly 

 edtfed with hi no; mill-Ill' w in/ eovertM widely, and greater ei>veitn narrowly 

 tipped with ehe.-tmit -rufmi.H. .!/. 9. t'p|H-r purtw grnyixh l.rown; in ^.mc 

 i.- iii<>rf i-r ten* l-liii' :il'iit tin- head and rump utid lr.-.-<-r wing-cov- 

 crU; rump iiu-liiu-il t" u->liy ; \viiiir- IbMOW^ tiM glWttff and middle envertit 

 tip|Kil with iH'hnu-e<ius-l>utl'; tuil fbMOQa, BHfhUjf mur^im-d with hlurnh gray; 

 under purt-t l>n>wninh er-am Imtl, the t'iatlu-r> ofthe lin-itst .s<>metime.s l>lue ut 

 the l.u.-e. /,,i.. i;,.>,. ml.les the 9. L., 7"00 ; W., S'50 ; T.. a-::. ; 1'. 



Hiiniji. I'nited St:iti-^; Imcd.t t'nuu uU>ut latitude M wiuthwunl into 

 ith i>t'i>ur limit-H. 



Whiiik'ti'ii, \er\ uneiimmiin .>. K., May 1 to Sept. 30. Ciimhridgo, A. V., 

 :.. !! . M..;. . 



A'**t, of graMM*, in lui^hes or high weedy growths, fyy*, three to four, 

 pale hluih w hite, -S4 > 



" I'nless scon nn<ler thi> in<t favoniblc cin-umstanccs the adult 

 male docs not appear to In- him-, but of an ill-defined, dusky color, and 

 may easily U mistaken for u Cow Blackbird (Molothrus aler), unless 

 most carvfnlly watched; U-sides, they usually sit motionless, in a 

 watchful attitude, for a considerable length of time, and thus easily 

 escape observation. 



"The Mine (!ro>l>eak frequents much the same localities as those 

 selet-ted liy the Indigo Bird and Field Sparrow viz., the thickets of 

 .shruls liriers, and tall weeds lining a stream flowing across a meadow 

 or bordering a field, or tlie similar growth which has sprung up in an 

 old clearing. The usual note is a strong, harsh plchick, and the song 

 of the male is a very U-autiful though rather feeble warble, somewhat 

 like that of the Purple Finch, but I tearing a slight resemblance also to 

 that of the Rose-breasted (iroslx-ak " (Kidgway). 



598. Paoserina cyanea I. inn.). \\\ ...... I:. M:-... ; |M.I,...-IHKI>. 



AJ. <J . -Kieh blue, de-jn-r "ii the lii-ad, liriu'liU-r i>n the Imek ; lorw* blaekiith; 

 win^ and tuil Mack, marv'iiutl with Mue. Ad. 9. Upper part* uniform 

 greyish l>n>wn withi.ut stn-uks; win^ and tail fuseou*, ^nnctimen lightly 

 marifincd witli hluish; wing-eovert.n margined with irniyUh t'n>wn; under 

 puts whit'mh, wa-lnd with irrayi.-li Im-wn and indistinotly otn-uk-.l with 

 darker; l>il!y utntiT. Im.- Kcsemtjlc* tJie 9 , but i darker. .(./. 6 I'M rin- 

 Ur. Re>eiiihk<H the 9 , hut has more or low) blue in the plumage. L., 6-59; 

 W^-58; T., 2-11; B., -41. 



