142 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



ICTERIDAE. 



267. EuPHAGUS CAROLiNUS (MiiUer) Richmond. 

 Rusty blackbird; Rusty grackle. 



Turdus carolinus MiilL, Linne's Vollstand. natursyst., suppl., 

 1776, p. 140. "Carolina'." 



Quiscalus ferrugineus Linne. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, 

 vol. 4, p. 65, pi. 222. Egg, Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, pi. 7, fig. 14-16. 



Swamps, marshes, and wet woods; nests in bushes and low trees. 



Me. — Common migrant and in northern part a rare summer 

 resident; accidental winter resident (Calais, 1899). Mar. 17- 

 May; summer-Oct. 29 (winter). 



N. H. — Common migrant and in northeast part, a rare summer 

 resident (Megalloway R.). Mar. 8-May; summer; Sept. 9- 

 Oct. 16. 



Vt. — Common migrant. 



Mass. — Common migrant, accidental in winter (Brookline, Feb. 

 8, 1879; Concord, Jan. 22, 1905; Fresh Pond, Feb. 20, 1887; 

 Jamaica Plain, winter 1907-8). Mar. 7-May 18 (May 30); Sept. 

 12-Nov. 27 (winter). 



R. I. — Common migrant. Mar. 13-(? June 5); Sept.-Oct. 23. 



Conn. — Common migrant, and rare winter resident. Mar.- 

 April 19; Sept. 11-Nov. (Jan. 16, 29, Feb. 6, Milford; Dec. 25, 

 1908, New Haven). 



268. Quiscalus quiscula (Linne) Jordan. 

 Purple grackle; Crow blackbird. 



Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 269. Egg, 

 Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, pi. 7, fig. 21-23. 



Gracula quiscula Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 109. 

 "in America septentrionali." 



Quiscalus versicolor Vieill. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, 

 vol. 4, p. 58, pi. 221. 



