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Eepoet of State Geologist. 



tail, conspicuously graduated. Adult Female. — Smaller; plumage 

 much duller than in the male, the metallie colors less brilliant. 

 Yonng. — Uniform grayish-dusky without metallic tints; iris, pale 

 brown (Eidg.). 



Male, length, 13.00; wing, 5.55-5.75; tail, 5.50-6.30. Female, length, 

 11.35-11.50; wing, 5.00-5.50; tail, 4.80-4.90. 



Ejotge. — ^Eastern North America, from Mexico and Gulf Coast ta 

 Louisiana, northward, between the Eoeky Mountains and the AUe- 





Bronzsd Graokle. 

 (Beal.—Ycar-Book, United States Department of Agriculture, 1894, p. 233.) 



ghanies; to Atlantic Coast in Massachusetts, Labrador and Great Slave 

 Lake. Casually to Atlantic Coast from Virginia to Florida. Breeds 

 from Gulf Coast, north. Winters from Indiana and Illinois, south. 



Nest, often in colonies, in cavities or among branches of trees; of 

 grass, weeds and mud; lined with grass or feathers. Eggs, 4-7'; 

 pale greenish-white to light rusty-brown, blotched and irregularly 

 streaked with various shades of dark brown, and sometimee lavender; 

 1.14 by .83. 



Common summer resident; most numerous in spring and fall in 

 flocks. Sometimes in groves of cottonwoods, sycamores or other favor- 

 ite trees, they are found breeding in companies, and there during nest- 

 ing time the air is filled with harsh utterances and metallic notes. 



