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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Group 4. Wing, 4.75 to 5.50 inches long. 



First primary, not short ; base of bill, dividing the feathers of the fore- 

 head ; nostrils, exposed ; outer tail feathers, shorter than middle feathers. 



General plumage, metallic blue, 

 green, purple, and bronze. 



Crow Blackbird. 

 Purple Crackle. 



Quiscalus quiscula, and races. 

 See No. 383. 



Upper plumage, dark brown, or blackish ; crown, brown ; underparts, brown= 



ish gray, shading to brownish white or buffy white on the throat. 



Boat-tailed Crackle. 



Quiscalus major (female}. 

 See No. 386. 



General plumage, black; a 

 patch of scarlet red on 

 the shoulder. 



Red=winged Blackbird. 



Agelaius phoeniceus (adult male). 

 See No. 3^3. 



