FAMILY ICTBRID^. BLACKBIRDS, OKIOLES, MEADOW LARKS, ETC. 219 



Group 3. Wing, 4.25 to 4.75 inches long. 



First primary, never less than tiiree fourths as long as tliird. 



/#iU\^l'li'>Ww//;j J 1/ 



GpiKTal jiluiiwige. Dlarl;; a patch of scarlet on the shoulder. 



Red=winged Blackbird. 



Arjdai'US plln-llirpilf: ('lllith:), (IHll raffs. 



See No. 373. 



General plumage, blaek; no red 

 shoulder patch; lieml, not 

 tiuged witli purple. 



Rusty Blackbird. 



iScoleroiihinjvx rnroliniis. 

 See No. 3s\. 



