KTKKID.E — Till'; OUIOLES. 20.') 



Synopsis of Species. 



S. ferrugineus. liill slcndci'; hfii,'lil at liasc iiol.ttlii^ Idliillcnirdi. Color of iiinlc 



black, Willi liiiiil imiiili' ii'Mi'clioi. over wimlc lioiiy ; \viiif,'>, tail, ami iiliilnMicii ;.'Iii.ssim1 

 sli^rlitly Willi ^'I'l'i'll. ViiMilinial s|n'i'iiiicll.s \vitli Iballicrs lunailly nlucil willi caslalii'Diis 

 ruslv. J''iiiiiiir liiiiunisii (liisUy slalc, without ^'loss ; no li'acc' ol' lij,'lil sii|u.Tciliai-y stfi|H'. 

 S. cyauocepbalus. IJill stout, • luijilil at hasc nearly .5 tin.' total Iciij^'tli. Colof Mack, 

 with i.Tccii ii'llcctioiis over whole lioily. Head only jjlossi^d wilh iiiii|ile. Antiiiiiiial 

 speciinens, I'eatliei's eili,'(;d vcfy indistinctly with iiinhur-ljiowii. Fciimle dnsky-browii. 

 with a soft gloss; a ducided light siiporciliaiy stii|ic. 



(Juba possossos ii s|)efios ivi'crred tu this ocmis {S. atroviolmxus), thouj,'li 

 it is not strictly eonooiieri(: with tho two North Americiiu onos. It dilli'r.s 

 in lacking any distinrt niunihranu above tlio nostril, and m hiiving thu bill 

 not conipri'ssod hitcrally, as well as in beinj,' niuuh stouter. The plumage 

 has a soft silky lustre; the geMt-nd color black, with rich purple or violet 

 lustre. The t'cuiale similarly colored to the male. 



Scolecophagus ferrugineus, Swainson. 



BUSTY BLACKBIBS. 



Oriolus firnigincu.i, Omklis, Syst. Xat. I, y!t3, Xo. 4;i. — F-.vrir. Iiul. I, 17!)0, 170. 

 Hmcula fc.rruijincn, Wii.soN, Am. Orii. Ill, ISll, 41, pi. x.'ci, f. ;{. Qiii'sedlii.i J'lrni- 

 HiitcHs, Ho.N. OIks. Wils. lS2t, No. 40. — NfiiAM,, Man. I, Isyj, l!i>i. — Ain. (»ni. 

 liio},'. II, 1834, 315 ; V, 183i), 4«3, pi. cxlvii. — In. Synopsis, l,s3!l, 14t!. ~- In. liiids 

 Am. IV, 1842, ti'), pi. icx.vii. — M.vx. rabaii. J. VI, ISJS, '^04. •Sfnlrco/i/iHiiHs firm- 

 Hiiieus, .SwAix.soN, K. lior.-Ain. II, l.Slil, 280. — Hon. List, 1838. - liAiiin, IJircls N'. 

 Am. IS.IS, n.ll. — Coi:|.:.s, P. A. N. S. IStil, -J-i'.. — I'A.ss. 1*. A. N. S. ISGti, 412. — 

 Dai.i, & Banxi.siki!, Tr. Cli. Ac. I, 18(><), 285 (Alaska^ noriolu.t niijcr, (!mi:i.ix, I, 

 1788, 393, Nips. 4, 5 (perhaps Qiiiscalus). —H.\m-Kl.n, 350. — Al.l.KX, IJ. K. Fla. 2!il. 

 Scnlcc(ip/ia(/u.i iiiijer, Ho.SAi". Con.sp. 1850, 423. — ('AnANis, Mns. Iliiii. 1851, 195. 

 1 1 Orhhis fiisi-us, (Jmkmn, Syst. 1, 1788, 393, No. 44 (]i('rliaps Miilulhrus). Tunhia 

 /iiii/.soiiiicx, (!.MF;i,IN, Syst. Xat. I, 17SS, 818. — l.AllI. Ind. Tiirdim iinvchnnicoi.sin, 

 G.Mi:i,iN, I, 1788, 818. Tiinhis l,ihrii(/iini(f:, (i.Mi.i.is, Syst. Xat. I, 1788, 832.— 

 Lath. Ind. 1, 1790, 342 {hilmnhnis). " J'eiidii/inii.i a/<i; ViKlLl.oT, Xouv. Diet." 

 Vliiihvphancn virescni.i, Wai:i.i;i!, Syst. Av. (.Vppundix, Oriohts 9). / ]'i(ri'iin Xo. 22 

 from Severn IJiver, Forster, Phil. Trans. I<.\I1, 1772, 400. 



Sp. f'llAH. Jiill slender; shorter than the head; ahout e(;iial to thi^hind loe ; its height 

 not quite two fifths the total li'iiirlli. Winy nearly an inch loiiLrcr than the tail ; si;cond 

 (piili loiijresl ; fii'st a little .shorter than the fourth. Tail slightly fjradinited ; the lat(.'ral 

 feathers about a ([Uarler of an inch shortest, (ieiieral color black, with purple reflec- 

 tii s; the winL's, under tail-covert.s, and hinder ]iart of tlu' belly, piossed with {rroen. 

 Ill autumn the feathers lar^-ciy f-dtred with ferruu'iiious or brownish, so as to chanire tho 

 appearance entirely. Spriiiir female dull, opaipie phunbeons or a.shy-black ; the wings and 

 tail .sometimes with a green lustre. Yoiim,' like autuiiinal birds. Length of male, 'J.oO ; 

 wing, 4.7"); tail, 4.01). Feinale sin.illcr. 



Hah. From Atlantic coast to tho ^[issouri. North to Arctic regions. In Alaska on 

 the Yukon, at Fort Keiiai, ai:d Niilato. 



Habits. The Kusty Blackbird is an eastern species, I'ound from the At- 



