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AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



Identification Chart No. 10, 



Magpie, {Pica nuttal- 



No. 475. American Magpie, (^Pica pica hiui- 

 sonica.) 



Found from Alaska to Arizona and New Mexico and 

 from tlie Plains to the Cascade Mountains. Length, 

 about 18 inches. Eyes, bill and feet, black. General 

 plumage an intense black, glossed with purple and 

 green. 



No. 476. Yellow-billed 



Found in California west of the Sierra Nevada 

 Mountains. Except that the bill is yellow this species 

 is exactly like the last. This bird is not regarded as a 

 separate species by some, yet for some unaccountable 

 cause the majority of the birds found in this compar- 

 itively restricted locality have the yellow bill, while 

 those outside have a black one. 



No. 497. Yellow-headed Blackbird, (Xan- 



thocephahis xanthoceplalus . ) 



Found from the Mississippi River to the Pacific 

 coast, and from British Columbia to Mexico. Length, 

 10 inches. Whole head, neck and breast, a rich yel- 

 low. Space around eye and bill, black as is the rest of 

 the plumage. A large white patch on the wing is 

 formed by the greater and middle coverts. Female, 

 mostly dark brown. A line over the eye, the throat 

 and breast are a dull yellow. They have no white 

 patch on the wing. These birds sometimes stray from 

 their regular'range and are found east. 



No. 501. Meadowlark, (Sfurnella magna.) 



Eastern United States and southern Canada. 

 Length, 10 inches. Feathers of the back and neck, 

 varigated with black, reddish brown and yellowish. 

 Wings and tail, brownish and grayish and barred with 

 black. A pale median stripe and line over the eye 

 A short black stripe behind the eye and broad crescent 

 across the breast. Throat and breast, bright yellow. 

 Under parts pale, the sides washed with brown and 

 streaked.with black. Outer tail feathers white. 



No. 501 a. Mexican Meadowlark, (S. m. mex- 



icana.) 



Smaller and darker than the eastern bird. South- 

 western United States. 



No. 501 b. Western Meadowlark, (5. m. neg- 



lecta.) 



Western United States from the Plains to the coast, 

 and from British Columbia to Mexico. Differs from 

 the eastern form in having the yellow' extend over on 

 the cheek. 



