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Group 3. Wing, 4.25 to 4.75 inches long. 



First primary, never less than three fourths as long as third. 



371 



General plumage, nlack ; a patch of scarlet on the shoulder. 



Red-winged Blackbird. 



Afjelaius phceniceus (maZe), and races. 

 See No. 373. 



General plumage, black; no red 

 shoulder patch ; head, not 

 tinged with purple. 



Rusty Blackbird. 



Scolecophayus carolinus. 

 See No. 381. 



