126 THE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



This species is included in this list on the strength of the 

 following statement of Mr. E. W. Nelson, who says: "A very 

 rare visitant in company with the preceding (Rusty Blackbird)." 

 It is also very rarely seen in other portions of Illinois. Mr. 

 Robert Ridgway says* that he had observed but a single speci- 

 men, "a female shot at Mount Carmel in December, 1866, and 

 now in the collection of the National Museum at Washington." 



The range of Brewer's Blackbird extends from Minnesota, 

 Nebraska, Kansas, Indian Territory, and Texas westward to the 

 Pacific coast, and from the Saskatchewan region southward to 

 Mexico. During its migrations it has been observed 'in Wiscon- 

 sin, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Louisiana. 



Genus QUISCALUS Vieillot, 1816. 



Quiscalus quiscula seneus (Ridgway). Bronzed Grackle. 



Quiscalus ceneus RIDGWAY, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, June, 



1869, 134. 



Quiscalus quiscula ceneus &TEJNEGER, Auk, II, Jan., 1885, 43, Foot-note. 

 Quiscalus purpureus ccneus RIDGWAY, Nom. N. Amer. B., 1881, No. 



278b. 

 Popular synonyms: WESTERN CEOW BLACKBIRD. CROW BLACKBIRD. 



The Bronzed Grackle is a common summer resident, arriving 

 early in March, and departing when the cold weather sets in. 



The range of this species extends from the Alleghanies and 

 southern New England north to Newfoundland and the Great 

 Slave Lake, west to the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains, 

 and south to Louisiana and Texas. 



FAMILY FRINGILLIDJE: GROSBEAKS, FINCHES, 

 SPARROWS, ETC. 



Genus HESPERIPHONA Bonaparte, 1850. 



Hesperiphona vespertina (W, Cooper). Evening Grosbeak. 

 Fringilla vespertina COOPER, Ann. Lye. N. Y. I., ii, 1825, 220. 

 Coccothraustes vespertina Sw. & RICH., Fauna Bor. Amer., II, 1831, 



269, pi. 6. 

 Hesperiphona vespertina BONAPARTE, Consp. Avium, I, 1850, 505. 



The Evening Grosbeak is a very irregular winter visitant to 

 our area. I took a specimen at River Forest on January 13, 

 1887, and another at Englewood in March, 1888. Mr. B. T. 

 Gault informs me that on December 25, 1886, he observed five 



^Ornithology of Illinois, Vol. I, 1889. 324. 



