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the name Reedbird. It is found in North America, chiefly 

 between north latitude 40 and 52 degrees. 



Baltimore Oriole {Ifiterus galbula). The Oriole is about 

 eight inches long, flaming orange in color, with black head 

 and back and partly black tail and wings. The female 

 is duller in plumage. Famous for its beautiful nest, as 



Baltimore Oriole. 



Purple Grackle or Crow Blackbird. 



well as its gorgeous plumage and ringing song, it is abundant 

 in Eastern North America in open woods up to Northern 

 Ontario and Lake Winnipeg. 



Purple Grackle or Crow Blackbird (Quiscalus quiscala). 

 This northern bird of paradise looks black at a distance 

 but its head is shiny blue and its body iridescent. It is 

 twelve inches long. When flying it holds its long tail with 

 the edge raised hke a boat, hence "boat tail." In various 

 forms it is found throughout the eastern States, and in 

 Canada up to Hudson Bay. 



Snowbird {Plectrophenax nivalis). About six and a half 

 inches long, this bird is pure white, overlaid with brown 



