CHECK LIST OF NEW YORK BIRDS 323 
253 (507) *Baltimore oriole 
Icterus galbula (Linn.) 
254 (508) Bullock’s oriole! 
Icterus bullocki (Swains.) 
25s (sog) *Rusty blackbird 
Scolecophagus carolinus (Miuill.) 
256 (511) *Purple grackle 
Quiscalus quiscula (Linn.) 
1Mr David Bruce of Brockport has kindly sent me a report on the birds of Onondaga 
county, prepared by the late J. D. Dakin of Syracuse. A record is here given of an 
individual of this species taken at Onondaga Valley 17 May, 1879. This bird was in 
some way lost from Mr Dakin’s collection after his death, but his standing as an 
ornithologist is sufficient guarantee for the authenticity of the record. 
