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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



General plumage, black, glossed on the head with purplish or violet black, and 

 back and underparts, tinged with metallic green ; no red on shoulder. 



Brewer's Blackbird. 



Scolecophagus cyanocephalus {male}. 

 See No. 382. 



General plumage, black, tinged with brown on the crown and back ; the 



feathers on the underparts, tipped with rusty brown ; underparts, not streaked ; 

 no red on shoulder. 



Rusty Blackbird. 



Scolecophagus carolinus (immature}, 

 See No. 381. 



General plumage, black, more or less streaked and marked with brown, 

 buff, and dull white; lesser wing coverts (shoulder), dull red. 



Red= winged Blackbird. 



Agelaius phcenicrus (young male}. 

 See No. 373. 



Underparts, streaked with black ; no 



red patch on shoulder. 



Red-winged Blackbird. 



Agelaius phceniceus (female}, and races, 

 See No. 373. 





Head and breast, chocolate brown ; rest of plumage, glossy black. 



Cow Bird. 



MolothniK ater (tn,ale j 

 See No. 371. 



