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CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF THE MAYNAKD CHAPTER.. 



1806 English Sparrow. Male. 



1807 Female. 



Family. Orioles, Starlings, Blackbirds etc. Icteridae. Hill but slightly 

 curved ; lower mandible more or less swollen at the base, unnotched : primaries, 

 nine ; CD.itains a Variety of birds of divarse characters ; see Genera. 



Fi-. 18. 



Ma^e Kose-bre&sted. Grosbeak. 



Genus, Rice Buntings. . Dolichonyx. Bill thick and conical, shcrter than 

 the head : wings long : tail rounded with the feathers acuminate. 



1808 Bobolink, Male, black ami yellowish \vl.ite. 



1803 ."" Female, yellowish buff. 



Genus. Parasitical Blackbirds. Molothrus. Bill thick and conical : wings 

 rather long : tail rounded : feathers not acuminate. 



1810 Cowbird. Male, black, head coffee-colored. 



1811 vt Female, brownish slate throughout. 

 Redwings. Agelaeus. 



Red winged Blackbird. Males, adult*, Black, red shoulders. 

 " " " Young, more or less mottled with brown. 



tfc " kt Females, brown streaked with whitish. 



Sturnella. Bill pointed, broad at tip : wings long: 



Genus. 



1812-Ui 



1817-18 



1819-22 



Genus. 



Males, bright yellow beneath, crescent on brt;ut 



Mcadowlarks. 

 tail short ; feet large. 



1823-27 Meadowlark. 

 black. 



1828-80 Meadowlark. Females, duller, black rusty. 



Genus. Rusty Blackbirds. Scolecophagus. Bill slender, slightly curved: 

 wings long : tail slightly rounded. 



