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Dolichonyx oryzivorus Swains. Bob-o'-link. Abun- 

 dant summer resident. 



No. 453, $, Summer. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1855. 



No. 458, ?, " " " " " " 



No. 459, $, Winter. " " " " 1856. 



No. 455, $, Autumn. " " '" " 



Molothrus pecoris Swains. (Fringilla, ambigua Nutt., 

 and of the earlier local authors.) Cow Bird. Common 

 summer resident. 



No. 460, $. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1855. 

 No. 454, ?. " " " " 



Agelceus phoeniceus Vieill. Red-winged Black-bird. 

 Abundant summer resident. 



No. 448, $. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1856. 

 No. 466, $. " " " " " 



Sturnella magna Swains. Field-lark. Resident, but 

 most abundant in summer, as the greater number leave 

 during the- winter. " Southern Maine in summer ; not 

 common" (Verr., p. 22). Probably does not go much 

 farther north. 



No. 461, ?. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1856. 



No. 98. Peoria, 111. F. Bischofl". Prom the Chicago Academy of 

 Sciences, 1864. 



Icterus Bdltimorensis Daudiu. Baltimore Oriole. 

 " Golden Robin." Abundant summer resident. 



No. 446, $. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1855. 

 No. 447, ?. " " " 



Icterus spurius Bon. Orchard Oriole. Summer resi- 

 dent. Rare ; and probably not extending to the northern 

 limits. 



Scolecophagus ferrugineus Swains. Rusty Grackle. 

 Common, chiefly during the migrations ; but it breeds in 

 northern sections, and some probably winter. 



No. 449, $ : immature. Lynn, Essex Co. S. Jillson, Sept. 1855. 



No. 450, $ ; " " " " " " 1856. 



Quiscalus versicolor Vieill. Purple Grackle. Com- 

 mon summer resident. 



No. 451, $. Lynn, Essex Co. S. Jillson, Sept., 1855. 

 No. 452, ?. 



Quiscalus major Vieill. Boat-tailed Grackle. En- 



