i88 FiHi.ii MusKUM OK Natural History — Zoology, Vol. IX. 



I Bill of Bronzed Crackle. 



General plumage, metallic green, purple, and bronze. 



Quiscahis qiiiscula ccneus. 

 Bronzed Grackle. 

 See No. 2-53. 



General plumage, black; a patch of scarlet red on the shoulder. 



Agelaius phaniicens (adult male). 

 Red-winged Blackbird. 

 See No. 226. 



General plumage, black, more or less streaked and marked with 

 buff, brown, and dull white; traces of more or less red on the shoulder 

 (lesser wing coverts). Agelaius phceniceus, and races {immature) . 



Red-winged Blackbird. 



See Xos. 22b. 226a. 



Adult birds entirely lustrous black; no red 

 shoulder patch. Immature birds have the upper 

 parts more or less rusty brown and the feathers on 

 the under parts, tipped with brown. 



Eiiphagus carolinus {male, and immature ) . 



Rusty Blackbird. 

 See Xo. 2 ;i. 



General plumage, dark slate or brownish slate color; under parts, 



plumbeous slate color. Euphagus carolinus {female, in summer). 



Rusty Blackbird. 

 See Xo. 231. 



