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

 gray, shading to brownish white, or buffy white on the throat (female). 



Boat-tailed Crackle. 



Qidscalus major. 

 See No. 386. 



Throat, yellow; belly, black. 



Throat, yellow ; belly, yellow. 



Yellow-beaded Blackbird. 



Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. 

 See No. 372. 



fleadow Lark. 



Sturnella magna, and races 

 See No. 375. 



Group 6, Wing, over 6.50 inches long. 



Boat-tailed Giackle. 



General plumage, black. 



Boat-tailed Crackle. 



Qttiscalits major. 

 See No. 386. 



