FAMILY KTKUIDvi: HI.ACKHIKDS, OIMOLK.S, MKADOW T.AI.'KS. KTf. 22.'i 



(tciit'ial i)lmn;i<;t', l)l:u'k, inon' or less strcikcd and marked with Inill, Itrown, ami 

 (lull wliitt'; traces of" more or less red on Mie slionlder (le-;-iei- \viii<; coverts). 



Red-winged Blackbird. 

 A'jclaiua phu'tiireiis^ <ind runs {iinmntrtre). 

 See No. \M:i. 



j^ Adult l)inlfl entirely dull black; no red shoulder |>atcli. 

 ^ luiniature l)irds have the upjier i)arts more or less hruun, 



and the feathers on the uuderparts. tipjxMl with rusty 

 brown. Rusty Blackbird. 



SciiliciiitluKinx rurolinus {mitlr, mnl iiiinniinre). 

 See No. 381 . 



tJeueral plumage, dark slate or brownish slate color ; underparts, plumbeous 

 slate color. Rusty Blackbird. 



Sroh'cophagus rttroliiuis (fcmnh, in simwirr). 

 See No. :{S1. 



General plumage, hlack, glossed on the head with purplish or violet black ; 



the hack and underparts, tinged with mt'lailic grei-n; no red on siioulder. 



Western species rare in Eastern United States. 



Brewer's Blackbird. 

 Scolecophayus cijatiocfphalna (male). 

 See No. 382. 



Throat, yellow; belly, black; .imount of yellow on head varies according to 

 age .in( >e.i>on. Yellow-headed Blackbird. 



Xanthucrphaliis .•■iinlhix-i'phulu^ {female). 

 See No. 372. 



