COUES, BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND. 285 



ICTERID^^. 



Doliclionyx oryzivorus Swains. — Bob-o'-link. Abun- 

 dant summer resident. 



No. 453, $ , Summer. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1855. 



No. 458, 9, " " " " " " 



No. 459, $, Winter. " " " " 1856. 



No. 455, J", Autumn. " " " " " 



Molothrus pecoris Swains. {FringiUa ambigua Nutt., 



and of the earlier local authors.) Cow Bird. Common 



summer resident. 



No. 460, $. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1855. 

 No. 454, ?. 



Agelmus phceniceus Vieill. — Eed-winged Black-bird. 



Abundant summer resident. 



No. 448, $. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1856. 

 No. 466, $. " " " " 



8turnella magna Swains. — Field-lark. Eesident, but 



most abundant in summer, as the greater number leave 



during the winter. " Southern Maine in summer ; not 



common" {Verr., p. 22). Probably does not go much 



farther north. 



No. 461, ? . Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1856. 



No. 98. Peoria, 111. F. Bischofl'. From the Chicago Academy of 

 Sciences, 1864. 



Icterus Baltimorensis Daudin. — Baltimore Oriole. 



" Golden Robin." Abundant summer resident. 



No. 446, $. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1855. 

 No. 447, ?. •' 



Icterus spurius Bon. — Orchard Oriole. Summer resi- 

 dent. Rare ; and probably not extending to the northern 

 limits. 



Scolecopliagus ferrugineus Swains. — Rusty Grackle. 



Common, chiefly during the migrations ; but it breeds in 



northern sections, and some probably winter. 



No. 449, $ ; immature. Lynn, Essex Co. S. Jillson, Sept. 1855. 

 No. 450, ^ ; " " " " " " 1856. 



Quiscalus versicolor Vieill. — Purple Grackle. Com- 

 mon summer resident. 



No. 451, $. Lynn, Essex Co. S. Jillson, Sept., 1855. 

 No. 452, ?. 



Quiscalus major Vieill. — Boat-tailed Grackle. En- 



