200 NDRTH AMKIUCAN BfUDS. 



Mr. Dall states that tlioso Blackbinls arrive at Nulato about IMay 20, where 

 they are tolerably abmitlaiit and very tame. Tiiey lu'eed later than some 

 other liinls, and liad not bej^un to lay l)efore he left, the last of May. Kj,%'s 

 \V(!re ])roeured at Fort \'ukon by Mr. Lockhart, anil at Sitka by Mr. Ijiseholl'. 



liesides these localitit'.s, this bird was found breeding in tiie i>arien tirounds 

 of Anderson Kiver in (11)° north latitude, on the Arctic coast at Fort Keiiai, 

 by Air. IJischoll', and at Fort Simpson, P\irt IJae, and Peel Kiver. It lias 

 Ijecn found breeiling at Calais by Mr. Boardman, and at Halifax by Mr. 

 W. G. Winton. 



F^ggs sent I'rom Fort Yukon, near the moutli of the I'oreujjine liiver, by 

 Mr. S. Jones, are of a ronu'ed-oval shape, measuring l.(i:> inches in length 

 by. 7") in breadth. In si/e, .shape, ground-color, and ccdor of their markings, 

 they are hardly distinguishable from some I'ggs of Brewer's IJlaekbird, though 

 generally different. All I have seen I'rom Fort Yukon have a grouiul-color 

 of very light green, very thickly covered with blotches and finer dottings of 

 a mixture of ferruginous and iJurjilish-brown. In some the blotches are 

 larger and fewer than in others, and in all tiiese the purple shading ])redoin- 

 inates. One egg, nujre nearly spherical tluin the rest, measures .1)8 by .82. 

 None have any waving Unes, as in all other lUackbird's eggs. Two from 

 near Calais, ]\Ie., measure 1.02 by .75 of an inch, have a ground of light 

 green, only sjiaringly blotched with shades of purplish-brown, varying from 

 light to very dark hues, but with no traces of lines or marbling. 



According to Mr. Boardman, these birds are found during the summer 

 months about Calais, but they are not common. Only a few remain of 

 those that come in large flocks in tiie early sjiring. Tiiey ])ass along alunit 

 the last of April, the greater in\)))ortions only tarrying a short time ; but in 

 the fall they stay from five to eight weeks. They nest in the same places 

 with the Bedwiug Blackliirds, and tlieir nests are very nuich alike. In early 

 summer they have a very ])retty uote, which is never heard in the fall. 



Scolecophagus cyanocephalus, Cxn. 



BBEWER'S BLACKBIBD. 



rii(iroc(iliiisciin)ineci)?i(i!ii!i, Wac.i.ki;, Isi.s, 1829, 758. Sathcophigus eyanocejihahis, CAn.\N'ls, 

 i\lii;s. lU'iii. 18.M, lita. — Maiki), Hiids N. Am. 18.18, .'ir)2. — Ca.ss. P. A. N. S. 1S«(J, 

 4i:i. — Hki;i!.m. X, .V, sa. ^ Coormi & Sucki.kv, 2()i>. — Cdui-ku, Orii. Ciil. I, 1S70, 

 278. Sidlirii/i/KKjiis mr.nh-aniix, Swainson, Aiiiiii. in Men. 2] tent. ISJiS, :?02. — lioN. 

 Coiisin'otus, 1850, 423. - Xr.wiii'.llKV, Zoiil. Cal. and t)r. licintc ; Hc|). 1'. 1!. I!. Siiiv. 

 VI, IV, 1857, 80. Quisatlus hirwcri, Ari>. Birds Am. VII, 1843, 345, pi. ci'ccxcii. 



Sp. CiiAi!. 13111 stout, quisoalir.c, tli(! conimis.^ure snarcol}' .simmtcd ; sliortor tlian tho 

 lioad and the liiiid too; tlio liciirht lu-arly half loiigtli of ('idnicn. Wiiiir noarly an inch 

 lonircr than till' tail ; tin; .second (|nill lonfrcst ; tho fir-st about equal to tho third. Tail 

 rounded and modoratol}' ■.'raduatcd ; tho lateral roather.s about .35 of an inch shorter. 

 General color of niaie black, with lu.strous green rellections everywhere e.xcopt on tho 



