AVES. 143 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



ICTERIDAE . 



Open country, groves, fields; nests in branches of coniferous 

 trees, rarely in cavities or bushes. 



N. H.— Accidental visitor: Tilton, Sept. 13, 1902. 



Vt. — ? Summer resident (Perkins). 



Mass. — Occasional t}q3ical birds breed in southernmost part and 

 coastwise to Cambridge. 



R. I. — Common summer resident in southern part, where most 

 birds are typical; casual in winter. Alar. 6-Sept. 21 (Nov., Dec. 

 31). Eggs, April 25-June 6. 



Conn. — Common summer and accidental winter resident. (Feb. 

 13) Mar. 1-Xov. (winter. East Haven). 



269. QuiscALUS QUiscuLA AENEUS (Ridgway) Stejneger. 

 Bronzed grackle; Crow blackbird. 



Quiscalus aeneus Ridgw., Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phila., 1869, p. 

 134. "Mississippi region of U. S., east to Alleghany Mts." 

 etc. Egg, Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, pi. 7, figs. 26, 27. 



Open country, frequenting clumps of coniferous trees in breeding 

 season; nests in branches of trees, or less often in cavities or bushes. 



Me. — Common migrant and local summer resident. ]Mar. 19- 

 Oct. 26. Eggs, INIay 27- June 21. 



N. H. — Uncommon local summer resident; casual in winter. 

 Mar. 12-Nov. (Dec. 24, 1907, Lancaster; Jan.). 



Vt. — Uncommon local summer resident. April 11-Oct. 



Mass. — Common migrant and local summer resident ; rare in 

 winter near coast (also Springfield). (Feb. 23, 1909, Boston) Mar. 

 10-Nov. 22 (winter). Eggs, May 2- June 1. 



R. I. — Common migrant and in the northern part a less common 

 summer resident, intergrading with Q. quiscula. INIar. o-Xov. 1. 

 Eggs, May 1-17. 



Conn. — Common migrant. Mar. 5- April; Oct.-Xov. 



